小島

See also: 小岛

Contents

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 (POJ): sió-tó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎodǎo [Phonetic: xiáodǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaudao
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² dou²
    • Yale: síu dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² dou²
    • 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/

Noun

小島

1. islet; small island

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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

小島 (hiragana こじま, rōmaji kojima)

1. isle, islet, small island

Proper noun

小島 (hiragana こじま, rōmaji Kojima)

1. A surname​.

References