狗熊

gǒuxióng

noun #15,703

Meanings

1 black bear
2 coward

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

山里有狗熊出没。

Shānlǐ yǒu gǒuxióng chūmò.

Black bears roam in the mountains.

HSK 4

别当狗熊，勇敢一点！

Bié dāng gǒuxióng, yǒnggǎn yīdiǎn!

Don't be a coward, be brave!

Tips

memory

狗 (dog) + 熊 (bear) = 'dog-bear,' the colloquial name for the Asian black bear. Calling someone a 狗熊 means they're a coward - a big animal that runs away.

Stroke Order

狗 gǒu

熊 xióng