蘭嶼

Chinese

		orchid	islet
trad. (蘭嶼)		蘭	嶼
simp. (兰屿)		兰	屿

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lányǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laan⁴ zeoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lân-sū / Lân-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lányǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lányǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Lan²-yü³
    • Yale: Lán-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lanyeu
    • Palladius: Ланьюй (Lanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laan⁴ zeoi⁶
    • Yale: làahn jeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁴ dzoey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lan⁴ zêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːn²¹ t͡sɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lân-sū
    • Tâi-lô: Lân-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lansu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ su³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³/
  • (Hokkien: Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lân-sī
    • Tâi-lô: Lân-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lansi
    • IPA (Yilan): /lan²⁴⁻³³ si³³/

Proper noun

蘭嶼

1. Orchid Island (an island)

   • 中研院學者發現蘭嶼核廢料貯存場附近的海域放射性物質明顯增加。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     中研院学者发现兰屿核废料贮存场附近的海域放射性物质明显增加。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 20111201-公視晚間新聞-核廢輻射洩 達悟要求台電道歉賠償

     Zhōngyányuàn xuézhě fāxiàn Lányǔ héfèiliào zhǔcúnchǎng fùjìn de hǎiyù fàngshèxìng wùzhì míngxiǎn zēngjiā. [Pinyin]

     Scholars at Academia Sinica have discovered that there is a clear increase in the amount of radioactive material in the oceanic waters near the nuclear waste storage facility on Orchid Island.

2. (～鄉) Lanyu (a township in Taitung County, Taiwan)

Synonyms

• (island): (historical) 紅頭嶼／红头屿 (Hóngtóuyǔ); (Hakka) 紅頭島／红头岛

Descendants

• → English: Lanyu
• → English: Orchid Island (calque)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蘭	嶼
らん Jinmeiyō	しょ Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Etymology

From Chinese 蘭嶼／兰屿 (Lányǔ). The 漢音 (kan'on) reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞]

Proper noun

蘭(らん)嶼(しょ) • (Ransho) 

1. Orchid Island

Synonyms

• 紅(こう)頭(とう)嶼(しょ) (kōtōsho, “Koto Island”) (historical)