南沙群島

Chinese

		Spratly Islands; Nansha	archipelago; chain of islands
trad. (南沙群島/南沙羣島)		南沙	群島/羣島
simp. (南沙群岛)		南沙	群岛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nánshā Qúndǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄚ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ saa¹ kwan⁴ dou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nánshā Qúndǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄚ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nánsha Cyúndǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Nan²-sha¹ Chʻün²-tao³
    • Yale: Nán-shā Chyún-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nansha Chyundao
    • Palladius: Наньша Цюньдао (Nanʹša Cjunʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ saa¹ kwan⁴ dou²
    • Yale: nàahm sā kwàhn dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ saa¹ kwan⁴ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ sa¹ kuen⁴ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ saː⁵⁵ kʷʰɐn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

南沙群島

1. Spratly Islands

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 團沙群島／团沙群岛 (Tuánshā Qúndǎo)
• (used by foreign media) 斯普拉特利群島／斯普拉特利群岛 (Sīpǔlātèlì Qúndǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	沙	群	島
なん Grade: 2	さ Grade: S	ぐん Grade: 4	とう Grade: 3
goon	kan’on	goon

Etymology

From Chinese 南沙群島／南沙群岛 (Nánshā Qúndǎo).

Proper noun

南(なん)沙(さ)群(ぐん)島(とう) • (Nansa Guntō) ^{←なんさぐんたう (nansaguntau)?}

1. Synonym of 南沙諸島 (Nansa Shotō, “Spratly Islands”)

See also

• 群(ぐん)島(とう) (guntō)