| 熊 | xióng | bear; to scold; to rebuke; brilliant light; to shine brightly; surname Xiong |
| 熊熊 | xióng xióng | raging; flaming |
| 狗熊 | gǒu xióng | black bear; coward |
| 熊成基 | Xióng Chéng jī | Xiong Chengji (1887-1910), anti-Qing revolutionary and martyr |
| 熊掌 | xióng zhǎng | bear paw (as food) |
| 熊猫 | xióng māo | panda; CL:只 |
| 北极熊 | běi jí xióng | polar bear |
| 大熊座 | dà xióng zuò | Ursa Major, the Great Bear (constellation) |
| 大熊猫 | dà xióng māo | giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) |
| 妙妙熊历险记 | Miào miào xióng Lì xiǎn jì | Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Disney animated series) |
| 小熊座 | xiǎo xióng zuò | Ursa Minor (constellation) |
| 小熊维尼 | Xiǎo xióng Wéi ní | Winnie-the-Pooh (bear character in children's stories by A. A. Milne adapted by Disney) |
| 小熊猫 | xiǎo xióng māo | lesser panda; red panda; firefox |
| 棕熊 | zōng xióng | brown bear |
| 树袋熊 | shù dài xióng | koala |
| 泰迪熊 | tài dí xióng | teddy bear (loanword) |
| 浣熊 | huàn xióng | raccoon (Procyon lotor) |
| 灰熊 | huī xióng | grizzly bear |
| 无尾熊 | wú wěi xióng | koala |
| 熊倪 | Xióng Ní | Ni Xiong |
| 熊包 | xióng bāo | worthless person; good-for-nothing |
| 熊市 | xióng shì | bear market (i.e. period of falling share prices) |
| 熊本 | Xióng běn | Kumamoto city and prefecture in west Kyūshū 九州, Japan |
| 熊本县 | Xióng běn xiàn | Kumamoto prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan |
| 熊狸 | xióng lí | binturong (Arctictis binturong) |
| 熊猴 | xióng hóu | Assamese macaque |
| 熊皮帽 | xióng pí mào | bearskin hat |
| 熊瞎子 | xióng xiā zi | bear; bruin |
| 熊罴 | xióng pí | fierce fighters; valiant warriors |
| 熊耳山 | Xióng ěr shān | Mt Xiong'er national geological park in 枣庄, south Shandong |
| 熊腰虎背 | xióng yāo hǔ bèi | waist of a bear and back of a tiger; tough and stocky build |
| 熊胆 | xióng dǎn | bear gall (used in traditional Chinese medicine) |
| 熊蜂 | xióng fēng | bumblebee |
| 熊猫眼 | xióng māo yǎn | to have dark circles under one's eyes; to have eyes like a panda |
| 熊猫馆 | xióng māo guǎn | panda exhibition hall |
| 白熊 | bái xióng | polar bear; white bear |
| 红熊猫 | hóng xióng māo | lesser Panda; red panda; firefox |
| 维尼熊 | Wéi ní xióng | Winnie the Pooh |
| 考拉熊 | kǎo lā xióng | koala |
| 卧龙大熊猫保护区 | wò lóng dà xióng māo bǎo hù qū | Wolong giant panda nature reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan |
| 虎背熊腰 | hǔ bèi xióng yāo | back of a tiger and waist of a bear; tough and stocky build |
| 袋熊 | dài xióng | wombat (native Australian mammal) |
| 貂熊 | diāo xióng | wolverine (Gulo gulo) |
| 金熊奖 | jīn xióng jiǎng | Golden Bear, award at the Berlin International Film Festival |
| 银熊奖 | yín xióng jiǎng | Silver Bear, award at the Berlin International Film Festival |
| 鱼与熊掌 | yú yǔ xióng zhǎng | lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it |
| 鱼与熊掌不可兼得 | yú yǔ xióng zhǎng bù kě jiān dé | lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it |
| 黑熊 | hēi xióng | Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) |
