高島

Chinese

		high; tall	island
trad. (高島)		高	島
simp. (高岛)		高	岛

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 高島 (Takashima).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gāodǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄉㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gāodǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gaodǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Kao¹-tao³
    • Yale: Gāu-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gaudao
    • Palladius: Гаодао (Gaodao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

高島

1. (～市) Takashima (a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	島
たか Grade: 2	しま Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Proper noun

高(たか)島(しま) • (Takashima) 

1. Takashima (a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname