大熊猫
dàxióngmāo
giant panda
Characters in this word
熊 xióng
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 能 can, may 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
猫 māo
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 犭 — dog
- Made of
- 犭 dog 苗 sprouts
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 大熊猫很胖。 Dàxióngmāo hěn pàng. The giant panda is very fat.
- 我喜欢大熊猫。 Wǒ xǐhuan dàxióngmāo. I like giant pandas.
- 大熊猫吃竹子。 Dàxióngmāo chī zhúzi. The giant panda eats bamboo.
Related words
- 不大 búdà not very, not much
- 大 dà big, large; older
- 大学 dàxué university
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
- 大部分 dàbùfen most; the greater part
- 大大 dàdà greatly; much more
- 大多数 dàduōshù the majority; most
- 大海 dàhǎi sea; ocean
- 大家 dàjiā everyone
- 大量 dàliàng a large amount of
- 大门 dàmén main entrance; gate
- 大人 dàren adult