小島

See also: 小岛

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	island
trad. (小島)		小	島
simp. (小岛)		小	岛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎodǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² dou²
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sió-tó

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siou² dao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎodǎo [Phonetic: xiáodǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaudao
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎodǎo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² dou²
    • Yale: síu dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ tou̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-tó
    • Tâi-lô: sió-tó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'doir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siou² dao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sióu táu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siou⁵²⁻³⁵ tau⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

小島

1. islet; small island (Classifier: 座)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	島
こ Grade: 1	しま > じま Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 小(こ) (ko, “small, little”) + 島(しま) (shima, “island, isle”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) こじま [kòjímá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ʑima̠]

Noun

小(こ)島(じま) • (kojima) 

1. isle, islet, small island

Proper noun

小(こ)島(じま) • (Kojima) 

1. A surname​.