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

(deprecated template usage) 諸島

1. archipelago; chain of islands  

Synonyms

• 列島／列岛 (lièdǎo)
• 群島／群岛 (qúndǎo)

Derived terms

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Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
諸島 (kyūjitai)

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)三百二十四[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 (deprecated template usage) [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!!!