無尾熊

無尾熊

See also: 无尾熊

Chinese

		not have	tail	bear; to scold; to rebuke
trad. (無尾熊)		無	尾	熊
simp. (无尾熊)		无	尾	熊
Literally: “tailless bear”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúwěixióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ mei⁵ hung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-mî-yùng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bô-bóe-hîm / bô-bé-hîm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ bhuê² him⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wúwěixióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuwoeishyong
    • IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ mei⁵ hung⁴
    • Yale: mòuh méih hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ mei⁵ hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ méi⁵ hung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³ hʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-mî-yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ mi´ iungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² mi¹ yung²
    • IPA: /mo¹¹ mi²⁴ i̯uŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-mî-yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ mi´ (r)iungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² mi¹ yung²
    • IPA: /mo¹¹ mi²⁴ (j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-bóe-hîm
    • Tâi-lô: bô-bué-hîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'boefhiim
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ him²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-bé-hîm
    • Tâi-lô: bô-bé-hîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'befhiim
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ him²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ bhuê² him⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô bué hîm
    • IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ bue⁵²⁻³⁵ him⁵⁵/

Noun

無尾熊

1. (chiefly Taiwan) koala (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 樹袋熊 (“koala”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		樹袋熊, 無尾熊
Mandarin	Beijing	樹袋熊
	Taiwan	無尾熊
Cantonese	Hong Kong	樹熊
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無尾熊
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	無尾熊
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	無尾熊
	Dongshi (Dabu)	無尾熊
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	無尾熊
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	無尾熊
Min Nan	Taipei	無尾熊
	Kaohsiung	無尾熊