無人島

Chinese

		without people deserted uninhabited	island(s)
trad. (無人島)		無人	島
simp. (无人岛)		无人	岛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúréndǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ jan⁴ dou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúréndǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúréndǎo
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-jên²-tao³
    • Yale: wú-rén-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wurendao
    • Palladius: ужэньдао (užɛnʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʐən³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ jan⁴ dou²
    • Yale: mòuh yàhn dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ jan⁴ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ yen⁴ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ jɐn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

Noun

無人島

1. desert island, an uninhabited island

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 無人嶋

Etymology

Kanji in this term
無	人	島
む Grade: 4	じん Grade: 1	とう Grade: 3
on’yomi

From 無人 (“unpopulated, deserted”) +‎ 島 (“island(s)”). Compare Chinese 無人島／无人岛 (wúréndǎo).

Noun

無(む)人(じん)島(とう) • (mujintō) 

1. desert island, an uninhabited island

Descendants

• French: Bonin
  • English: Bonin