五島

Chinese

		five	island
trad. (五島)		五	島
simp. (五岛)		五	岛

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 五島 (Gotō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǔdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄉㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔdǎo [Phonetic: wúdǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔdǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Wu³-tao³
    • Yale: Wǔ-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuudao
    • Palladius: Удао (Udao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

五島

1. (～市) Gotō (a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
五	島
ご Grade: 1	とう Grade: 3
kan’on

Etymology

五 +‎ 島

Noun

五(ご)島(とう) • (gotō) ^{←ごたう (gotau)?}

1. (literal) five islands

Proper noun

五(ご)島(とう) • (Gotō) ^{←ごたう (Gotau)?}

1. Short for 五島列島 (Gotō Rettō, “Gotō Islands”).
2. A city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
3. a surname

See also

• 上(かみ)五(ご)島(とう) (Kamigotō)
• ゴトウイカ (Gotō ika)
• ゴトウクジラ (Gotō kujira)
• ゴトウズルメ (Gotōzurume)
• ゴトウマグロ (Gotō maguro)