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大熊貓 is how to write “giant panda” in Chinese.
大熊貓 is specific to the “giant panda,” which has black and white fur. Not to be confused with other types of smaller pandas in China.
The literal meaning of these characters is “great/big bear cat.” Chinese do think of pandas as “cat-like bears.”
Note: In Japanese, they only express Giant Panda in Katakana, which is ジャイアント パンダ” (Jaianto Panda). So we have not included that for wall scroll orders.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 大熊貓 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
大熊貓 大熊猫 see styles |
dà xióng māo da4 xiong2 mao1 ta hsiung mao |
More info & calligraphy: Giant Panda |
臥龍大熊貓保護區 卧龙大熊猫保护区 see styles |
wò lóng dà xióng māo bǎo hù qū wo4 long2 da4 xiong2 mao1 bao3 hu4 qu1 wo lung ta hsiung mao pao hu ch`ü wo lung ta hsiung mao pao hu chü |
Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Giant Panda | 大熊貓 大熊猫 | dà xióng māo da4 xiong2 mao1 da xiong mao daxiongmao | ta hsiung mao tahsiungmao |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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