廟島

Chinese

		temple; monastery	island
trad. (廟島)		廟	島
simp. (庙岛)		庙	岛

Etymology

From the many temples erected on the island during the middle ages.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Miàodǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁶ dou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Miàodǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Miàodǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Miao⁴-tao³
    • Yale: Myàu-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Miawdao
    • Palladius: Мяодао (Mjaodao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: miu⁶ dou²
    • Yale: miuh dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁶ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁶ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²² tou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

廟島

1. Miaodao (an island the in the Changshan Islands)
2. (～群島) Alternative name for 長山／长山 (Chángshān), the archipelago itself.