BEAR  熊熊

BIG BROWN WILD BEAST, DANGEROUS TO HUMANS. [BIOLOGY]
BROWN BEARGRIZZLY BEAR
Hypernym
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general term for a bear is xióng 熊.

2. Pí 羆 tends to refer to the brown bear.

3. Xióng pí 熊羆 refers to a bear of any sort.

Modern Chinese Criteria
熊貓

貓熊

大熊貓

大貓熊

小熊貓

小貓熊

first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH/

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 3.73

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 200

    Baer:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 722

    Baer:

    The bear was a favourite subject in Han reliefs.

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.1245

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p.

  • Realencyklopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft ( PAULY 1894-1973) p. 2.2759

    BAER

  • Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens ( BAECHTHOLD-STAEUBLI 1987) p. 1.886

Words

熊  xióng OC: ɢum MC: ɦuŋ 5 AttributionsWD

General term for a bear is xióng 熊.

    Syntactic words
  • nHS 65: black??? bear
羆  pí OC: pral MC: piɛ 1 AttributionWD

Pí 羆 ussually refers to the brown bear.

    Syntactic words
  • nHS 65: tawny??? bear
熊羆  xióng pí OC: ɢum pral MC: ɦuŋ piɛ 1 AttributionWD

Xióngpí 熊羆 refers to a bear of any sort.

    Syntactic words
  • NPnonreferentialbears; bear
豿  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nbear

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