列島

See also: 列岛

Chinese

		to arrange; to line up; row to arrange; to line up; row; file; series	island
trad. (列島)		列	島
simp. (列岛)		列	岛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lièdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lit⁶ dou²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lie̍t-tó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍t-tó / lia̍t-tó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lièdǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lièdǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lieh⁴-tao³
    • Yale: lyè-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liehdao
    • Palladius: ледао (ledao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lit⁶ dou²
    • Yale: liht dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lit⁹ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lid⁶ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːt̚² tou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lie̍t-tó
    • Hakka Romanization System: lied do^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liad⁶ do³
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯et̚⁵ to³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍t-tó
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍t-tó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaddoir
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ to⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛt̚⁴⁻³² tɤ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /liɛt̚⁴⁻³² to⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍t-tó͘
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍t-tóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaddor
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛt̚²⁴⁻² tɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /liɛt̚⁴⁻³² tɔ⁵³/

Noun

列島

1. archipelago; chain of islands

Synonyms

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• 群島 / 群岛 (qúndǎo)
• 諸島 / 诸岛 (zhūdǎo)

Derived terms

• 吐噶喇列島 / 吐噶喇列岛 (Tùgálǎ Lièdǎo)
• 嵊泗列島 / 嵊泗列岛
• 日本列島 / 日本列岛 (Rìběn Lièdǎo)
• 澎湖列島 / 澎湖列岛 (Pénghú Lièdǎo)
• 馬祖列島 / 马祖列岛 (Mǎzǔ Lièdǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
列	島
れつ > れっ Grade: 3	とう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) れっとー [rèttóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞t̚to̞ː]

Noun

列(れっ)島(とう) • (rettō) 

1. (geography) archipelago, chain of islands
2. (especially) Japanese archipelago

See also

• 群島(ぐんとう) (guntō)
• 諸島(しょとう) (shotō)

References

• “列島”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
列	島

Noun

列島 • (yeoldo) (hangeul 열도)
列島 • (ryeoldo) (hangeul 렬도)

1. hanja form^? of 열도 (“(South Korea) archipelago, chain of islands”)
2. hanja form^? of 렬도 (“(North Korea) archipelago, chain of islands”)