島原

Chinese

		island	former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
trad. (島原)		島	原
simp. (岛原)		岛	原

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 島原 (Shimabara).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dǎoyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄩㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dǎoyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dǎoyuán
    • Wade–Giles: Tao³-yüan²
    • Yale: Dǎu-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Daoyuan
    • Palladius: Даоюань (Daojuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

Proper noun

島原

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
島	原
しま Grade: 3	はら > ばら Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しまばら [shìmáꜜbàrà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕima̠ba̠ɾa̠]

Proper noun

島(しま)原(ばら) • (Shimabara) 

1. the Shimabara Peninsula
2. Shimabara (a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)
3. a surname

Derived terms

• 島原藩(しまばらはん) (Shimabara-han)
• 島原半島(しまばらはんとう) (Shimabara-hantō)