熊虎

Chinese

		bear; to scold; to rebuke	tiger
trad. (熊虎)		熊	虎
simp. ^#(熊虎)		熊	虎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiónghǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄏㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiónghǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄏㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syónghǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiung²-hu³
  - Yale: syúng-hǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyonghuu
  - Palladius: сюнху (sjunxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Middle Chinese: hjuwng xuX

Rime
Character	熊	虎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	羽弓切	呼古切
Baxter	hjuwng	xuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨuŋ/	/huo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiuŋ/	/huo^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuŋ/	/xo^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuwŋ/	/hɔ^X/
Li Rong	/ɣiuŋ/	/xo^X/
Wang Li	/ɣĭuŋ/	/xu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯uŋ/	/xuo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóng	hǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung⁴	fu²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[ɢ]ʷ(r)əm qʰˤraʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷlɯm qʰlaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	熊	虎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xióng	hǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuwng ›	‹ xu^X ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[ɢ]ʷ(r)əm/	/qʰˁraʔ/ (W dialect: qˁʰr- >r̥ˁ- > x-)
English	bear (n.)	tiger
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	熊	虎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13906	5230
Phonetic component	熊	虍
Rime group	侵	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	雄	虎
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷlɯm/	/*qʰlaːʔ/

Noun

熊虎

bear and tiger
brave and fierce warrior
flag

Adjective

熊虎

brave and fierce

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
熊	虎

Adjective

熊虎

chữ Hán form of hùng hổ (“aggressive”)