孤島

See also: 孤岛

Chinese

		lone; lonely	island
trad. (孤島)		孤	島
simp. (孤岛)		孤	岛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gūdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ dou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kû-tó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-tó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gūdǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gudǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹-tao³
    • Yale: gū-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gudao
    • Palladius: гудао (gudao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu¹ dou²
    • Yale: gū dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kû-tó
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu´ do`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gu¹ do³
    • Sinological IPA: /ku²⁴ to³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-tó͘
    • Tâi-lô: koo-tóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ko'dor
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: ku tawX

Rime
Character	孤	島
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古胡切	都晧切
Baxter	ku	tawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuo/	/tɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/kuo/	/tɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ko/	/tɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔ/	/tawX/
Li Rong	/ko/	/tɑuX/
Wang Li	/ku/	/tɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuo/	/tɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gū	dǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu1	dou2

Noun

孤島

1. isolated island; solitary island (Classifier: 座 m)

   沒有人是一座孤島 [MSC, trad.]
   没有人是一座孤岛 [MSC, simp.]

   méiyǒu rén shì yī zuò gūdǎo [Pinyin]

   no man is an island

Derived terms

• 孤島式／孤岛式 (gūdǎoshì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (孤島):

• → Japanese: 孤(こ)島(とう) (kotō)
• → Korean: 고도(孤島) (godo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
孤	島
こ Grade: S	とう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ことー [kòtóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞to̞ː]

Noun

孤(こ)島(とう) • (kotō) ^{←こたう (kotau)?}

1. solitary island

   絶海(ぜっかい)の孤島(ことう)

   zekkai no kotō

   isolated island

Korean

Hanja in this term
孤	島

Noun

孤島 • (godo) (hangeul 고도)

1. Hanja form^? of 고도.