雪豹

Chinese

		snow	leopard; panther
trad. (雪豹)		雪	豹
simp. ^#(雪豹)		雪	豹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuěbào

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄅㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ paau³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷shiq-pau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuěbào
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄅㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuěbào
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-pao⁴
  - Yale: sywě-bàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuebaw
  - Palladius: сюэбао (sjuebao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    雪暴
    雪豹
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syut³ paau³
  - Yale: syut paau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ paau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xud³ pao³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ pʰaːu̯³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷shiq-pau
  - MiniDict: shih^入 pau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴xiq-pau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɪʔ³³ pɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

雪豹

snow leopard (Classifier: 隻／只 m)

Synonyms

艾葉豹／艾叶豹 (àiyèbào)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雪	豹
ゆき Grade: 2	ひょう Jinmeiyō
yutōyomi

Etymology

雪 (yuki, “snow”) +‎ 豹 (hyō, “leopard”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆきひょー [yùkíhyóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟kʲi̥ço̞ː]

Noun

雪(ゆき)豹(ひょう) or 雪豹(ユキヒョウ) • (yukihyō) ^{←ゆきへう (yukifeu) or ユキヘウ (yukifeu)^?}

a snow leopard

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ユキヒョウ (yukihyō).