諸島

Chinese

		all; many; various	island
trad. (諸島)		諸	島
simp. (诸岛)		诸	岛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhūdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ ㄉㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhūdǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhudǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹-tao³
    • Yale: jū-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: judao
    • Palladius: чжудао (čžudao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

諸島

1. archipelago; chain of islands

Synonyms

• 列島／列岛 (lièdǎo)
• 群島／群岛 (qúndǎo)

 

Derived terms

• 不列顛諸島／不列颠诸岛 (bùlièdiān Zhūdǎo)
• 英倫諸島／英伦诸岛 (Yīnglún Zhūdǎo)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
諸	島
しょ Grade: 6	とう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
諸島 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょ​とー [shóꜜtòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞to̞ː]

Noun

諸(しょ)島(とう) • (shotō) ^{←しょたう (syotau)?}

1. an archipelago (group of islands)
   • 2010 December 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)二(に)十(じゅう)四(よん)訓(くん)　夏(なつ)休(やす)みあけは皆(みんな)ちょっと大人(おとな)に見(み)える [Lesson 324: Everyone Looks a Bit like a Grown-Up After Summer Vacation]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) ([銀](ぎん)[魂](たま)) [Silver Soul], volume 37, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     二(に)年(ねん)後(ご)に　ジャボンティ諸(しょ)島(とう)で!!!

     Ni-nen go ni Jabonti-shotō de!!!

     In two years, on the Zabaoty Archipelago!!!

See also

• 列(れっ)島(とう) (rettō)
• 群(ぐん)島(とう) (guntō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
諸	島

Proper noun

諸島 • (jedo) (hangeul 제도)

1. Hanja form^? of 제도 (“archipelago”).