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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 詞
熊貓 word · TOCFL B1 (est.)
熊貓 ＝ 熊 ＋ 貓
ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄇㄠ · xióngmāo
noun — panda; the black-and-white bear of the bamboo forests

字源 FORM — what the parts do

熊bear (黑熊)xióng
貓cat (小貓)māo
熊貓，黑熊的熊，小貓的貓。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一隻長得像貓（貓）的熊（熊）——叫牠熊貓。
A bear (熊) with a cat's (貓) round face — hence the name.
關 · Related
貓熊māoxióngthe same animal — Taiwan's preferred word order竹子zhúzibamboo — what it lives on