西沙群島

Chinese

		The Paracel Islands, an archipelago in the South China Sea administered by the People's Republic of China	archipelago; chain of islands
trad. (西沙群島/西沙羣島)		西沙	群島/羣島
simp. (西沙群岛)		西沙	群岛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīshā Qúndǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄕㄚ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ saa¹ kwan⁴ dou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīshā Qúndǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄕㄚ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sisha Cyúndǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-sha¹ Chʻün²-tao³
    • Yale: Syī-shā Chyún-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shisha Chyundao
    • Palladius: Сиша Цюньдао (Siša Cjunʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ saa¹ kwan⁴ dou²
    • Yale: sāi sā kwàhn dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ saa¹ kwan⁴ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ sa¹ kuen⁴ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵ kʷʰɐn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 西沙群島

1. Paracel Islands

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Japanese

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

Etymology

From Chinese 西沙群島／西沙群岛 (Xīshā Qúndǎo)

Proper noun

西(せい)沙(さ)群(ぐん)島(とう) • (Seisa Guntō) ^{←せいさぐんたう (seisaguntau)?}

1. Synonym of 西沙諸島 (Seisa Shotō, “Paracel Islands”)

See also

• 群(ぐん)島(とう) (guntō)