BEAR    熊熊

BIG BROWN WILD BEAST, DANGEROUS TO HUMANS. [BIOLOGY]
BROWN BEARGRIZZLY BEAR
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/
Hypernym
  • BEAST　BIG WILD VERTEBRATE. (anc: 7/0, child: 12)
  • VERTEBRATE　ANIMAL which HAS a SPINE BONE. (anc: 6/0, child: 2)
  • ANIMAL　CREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
  • 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 (4 items)

    熊  xióng OC: ɢum MC: ɦuŋ 5 Attributions

    General term for a bear is xióng 熊.

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

    Xióngpí 熊羆 refers to a bear of any sort.

      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialbears; bear
    羆  pí OC: pral MC: piɛ 1 Attribution

    Pí 羆 ussually refers to the brown bear.

      Syntactic words
    • nHS 65: tawny??? bear
    豿  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nbear