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大熊猫 meaning in English

dàxióngmāo

giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

HSK 5nounTraditional 大熊貓28 strokes

Meaning of 大熊猫

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dàxióngmāo
  1. giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

How to use 大熊猫

大熊猫 is the full, formal name used in news, zoos and science writing. In everyday speech people often just say 熊猫 (xióngmāo). Example: 我在成都看到了大熊猫。(Wǒ zài Chéngdū kàndào le dàxióngmāo.) I saw giant pandas in Chengdu.

Read it piece by piece: 大 (dà) big, 熊 (xióng) bear, 猫 (māo) cat. A giant panda is literally a "big bear cat", a huge bear with a round, cat-like face.

Common mistake: Learners often say the word backwards as 猫熊, which sounds odd in mainland Mandarin, so keep the order 熊猫. Also keep 猫 in the first tone (māo), not the second tone máo, which sounds like 毛 (máo) hair.

大熊猫 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

大dà熊xióng猫māo只zhǐ住zhù在zài中zhōng国guó里lǐ。
Giant pandas live only in China.
大dà熊xióng猫māo是shì一yī种zhǒng残cán存cún的de古gǔ动dòng物wù。
The giant panda is a surviving ancient animal species.
大dà熊xióng猫māo被bèi认rèn为wéi是shì中zhōng国guó的de国guó宝bǎo，但dàn在zài一yī些xiē保bǎo护hù区qū，它tā仍réng被bèi偷tōu猎liè。
The giant panda is recognised as a national treasure of China, but in some conservation areas it is still killed by poachers.
中zhōng国guó福fú建jiàn省shěng福fú州zhōu市shì动dòng物wù园yuán在zài训xùn练liàn大dà熊xióng猫māo方fāng面miàn做zuò得de比bǐ它tā的de同tóng行háng多duō。
The Fuzhou Zoo in China's Fujian Province has done more than its counterparts in training pandas.
为wèi了le提tí高gāo出chū生shēng率lǜ，中zhōng国guó政zhèng府fǔ花huā了le很hěn多duō钱qián在zài大dà熊xióng猫māo成chéng功gōng繁fán殖zhí的de研yán究jiū上shàng。
The Chinese government has spent a lot of money on research into successful panda breeding in order to increase their birth rate.

Stroke order for each character

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大 dà · big · 3 strokes

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熊 xióng · bear · 14 strokes

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猫 māo · cat · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 大熊猫.

大学dàxuéuniversity; college
大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student; college student
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
大家dàjiāeveryone; influential family
大人dàrenadult; grownup
长大zhǎngdàto grow up
大部分dàbùfenthe greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
大声dà shēngloud voice; in a loud voice
大量dàliànggreat amount; large quantity
大多数dàduōshù(great) majority
大海dàhǎisea; ocean
大门dàménentrance; door

Questions about 大熊猫

What does 大熊猫 mean?

大熊猫 (dàxióngmāo) means "giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 大熊猫?

大熊猫 is made of 3 characters: 大 (3 strokes), 熊 (14 strokes), 猫 (11 strokes). That is 28 strokes in total.

Is 大熊猫 an HSK word?

Yes. 大熊猫 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 大熊猫 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 大熊猫 is written 大熊貓.

What is the difference between 大熊猫 and 小熊猫?

大熊猫 is the black and white giant panda. 小熊猫 (xiǎoxióngmāo) is the red panda, a small reddish animal with a ringed tail.

What measure word is used with 大熊猫?

The usual measure word is 只 (zhī), as in 一只大熊猫 (yì zhī dàxióngmāo), one giant panda. 头 (tóu) is also sometimes used for large animals.

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