白熊

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	bear; to scold; to rebuke
simp. and trad. (白熊)		白	熊
Literally: “white bear”.

Etymology

Compare Japanese 白熊 (shirokuma), Korean 흰곰 (huin-gom), Vietnamese gấu trắng, all of which literally means “white bear”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báixióng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ hung⁴
Min Nan (POJ): pe̍h-hîm / pe̍eh-hîm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: báixióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshyong
  - IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ hung⁴
  - Yale: baahk hùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ hung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ hung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /päːk̚² hʊŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hîm
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-hîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqhiim
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² him²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ him²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ him²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ him²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-hîm
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-hîm
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ him¹³/

Noun

白熊

polar bear

Synonyms

北極熊／北极熊 (běijíxióng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	熊
しろ Grade: 1	くま Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 白 (shiro, “white”) +‎ 熊 (kuma, “bear”).[1][2] Compare Chinese 白熊, Korean 흰곰 (huin-gom), Vietnamese gấu trắng, all of which literally mean “white bear”.

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) しろくま [shìrókúmá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝma̠]

Noun

白熊 (hiragana しろくま, katakana シロクマ, rōmaji shirokuma)

Synonym of 北極熊 (Hokkyokuguma, “polar bear”)
- 1990 June 15, Takahashi, Rumiko, “ＰＡＲＴパート.５　秘ひ伝でん書しょを奪うばえ [PART.5 Snatching the Scroll of Secrets]”, in らんま½ [Ranma ½], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 72:
  
  日 (にっ)本 (ぽん)の山 (さん)中 (ちゅう)に…シロクマがいるか—————っ‼
  Nippon no sanchū ni… shirokuma ga iru ka—————'‼
  Why is there… a polar bear on a Japanese mountain⁉

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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