"熊掌" meaning in Chinese

See 熊掌 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /hʊŋ²¹ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /i̯uŋ¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/ [Hakka, Northern, Sixian, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA], /(j)i̯uŋ¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/ [Hakka, Southern, Sixian, Neipu, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 熊掌
  1. bear's paw (especially as food) Synonyms: 熊蹯 Derived forms: 魚與熊掌不可兼得 (yú yǔ xióngzhǎng bùkě jiān dé), 鱼与熊掌不可兼得 (yú yǔ xióngzhǎng bùkě jiān dé)
    Sense id: en-熊掌-zh-noun-iYGGWZc4 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "roman": "yú yǔ xióngzhǎng bùkě jiān dé",
          "word": "魚與熊掌不可兼得"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yú yǔ xióngzhǎng bùkě jiān dé",
          "word": "鱼与熊掌不可兼得"
        }
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              29,
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          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese poetry"
          ],
          "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Yú, wǒ suǒ yù yě, xióngzhǎng, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě; èr zhě bùkě dé jiān, shě yú ér qǔ xióngzhǎng zhě yě.",
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          "text": "魚,我所欲也,熊掌,亦我所欲也;二者不可得兼,舍魚而取熊掌者也。",
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          "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Yú, wǒ suǒ yù yě, xióngzhǎng, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě; èr zhě bùkě dé jiān, shě yú ér qǔ xióngzhǎng zhě yě.",
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          "text": "鱼,我所欲也,熊掌,亦我所欲也;二者不可得兼,舍鱼而取熊掌者也。",
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        }
      ],
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        "bear's paw (especially as food)"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "bear",
          "bear"
        ],
        [
          "paw",
          "paw"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "熊蹯"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xióngzhǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hung⁴ zoeng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yùng-chóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xióngzhǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syóngjhǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsiung²-chang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syúng-jǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shyongjaang"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sjunčžan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сюнчжан"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hung⁴ zoeng²"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hùhng jéung"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hung⁴ dzoeng²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hung⁴ zêng²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hʊŋ²¹ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yùng-chóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iung^ˇ zong^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yung² zong³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯uŋ¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yùng-chóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "(r)iung^ˇ zong^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yung² zong³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯uŋ¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hjuwng tsyangX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*C.[ɢ]ʷ(r)əm [k.t]aŋʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*ɢʷlɯm tjaŋʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "熊掌"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "yú yǔ xióngzhǎng bùkě jiān dé",
      "word": "魚與熊掌不可兼得"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yú yǔ xióngzhǎng bùkě jiān dé",
      "word": "鱼与熊掌不可兼得"
    }
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        "Middle Chinese lemmas",
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          "english": "I like fish, and I also like bear's paws. If I cannot have the two together, I will let the fish go, and take the bear's paws.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese poetry"
          ],
          "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Yú, wǒ suǒ yù yě, xióngzhǎng, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě; èr zhě bùkě dé jiān, shě yú ér qǔ xióngzhǎng zhě yě.",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "魚,我所欲也,熊掌,亦我所欲也;二者不可得兼,舍魚而取熊掌者也。",
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          "english": "I like fish, and I also like bear's paws. If I cannot have the two together, I will let the fish go, and take the bear's paws.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese poetry"
          ],
          "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Yú, wǒ suǒ yù yě, xióngzhǎng, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě; èr zhě bùkě dé jiān, shě yú ér qǔ xióngzhǎng zhě yě.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "鱼,我所欲也,熊掌,亦我所欲也;二者不可得兼,舍鱼而取熊掌者也。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "bear's paw (especially as food)"
      ],
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          "paw",
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xióngzhǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hung⁴ zoeng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yùng-chóng"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xióngzhǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syóngjhǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsiung²-chang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syúng-jǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shyongjaang"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sjunčžan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сюнчжан"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hung⁴ zoeng²"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hùhng jéung"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hung⁴ dzoeng²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hung⁴ zêng²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hʊŋ²¹ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yùng-chóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iung^ˇ zong^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yung² zong³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯uŋ¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yùng-chóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "(r)iung^ˇ zong^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yung² zong³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯uŋ¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hjuwng tsyangX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*C.[ɢ]ʷ(r)əm [k.t]aŋʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*ɢʷlɯm tjaŋʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "熊蹯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "熊掌"
}

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