Pronunciation | Xióng (Pinyin) Hîm, Hiông (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
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Language(s) | Chinese |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Old Chinese |
Derivation | Jilian |
Meaning | "bear" |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Xiong, Hsiung (Mandarin) Xyooj (Hmong) Hung, Hong (Cantonese) Him (Hokkien) Hong, Yoong (Hakka) Hiōng (Gan) Hùng (Vietnamese) |
Cognate(s) | Mi (surname) (芈) |
See also | Zhurong (祝融) |
Xiong is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 熊 (Xióng). It is 41st in the Hundred Family Surnames, contained in the verse 熊紀舒屈 (Xiong, Ji, Shu, Qu).