孤島

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See also: 孤岛

Chinese

lone; lonely island
trad. (孤島) 孤 島
simp. (孤岛) 孤 岛

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 孤 島
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 古胡切 都晧切
Baxter ku tawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kuo/ /tɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kuo/ /tɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ko/ /tɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɔ/ /tawX/
Li
Rong 		/ko/ /tɑuX/
Wang
Li 		/ku/ /tɑuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kuo/ /tɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gū dǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gu1 dou2

Noun

孤島

  1. isolated island; solitary island (Classifier: 座 m)
    沒有人是一座孤島 [MSC, trad.]
    没有人是一座孤岛 [MSC, simp.]
    méiyǒu rén shì yī zuò gūdǎo
    no man is an island

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (孤島):
  • → Japanese: 孤(こ)島(とう) (kotō)
  • → Korean: 고도(孤島) (godo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
孤 島
こ
Grade: S 		とう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

孤(こ)島(とう) • (kotō) ←こたう (kotau)?

  1. solitary island
    絶海(ぜっかい)の孤島(ことう)
    zekkai no kotō
    isolated island

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
孤島

Noun

孤島 • (godo) (hangeul 고도)

  1. hanja form? of 고도
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