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Chinese
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half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
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island
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trad. (半島)
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半
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島
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simp. (半岛)
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半
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岛
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Pronunciation
Noun
半島
- peninsula (Classifier: 座 m; 個/个 m)
Derived terms
Proper noun
半島
- (~電視臺) Al Jazeera (Arabic/English language news network)
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
半島 • (hantō)
- (geography) peninsula
- (specifically) Short for 朝鮮半島 (Chōsen Hantō, “Korean Peninsula”).
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
半島 • (bando) (hangeul 반도)
- hanja form? of 반도 (“peninsula”)
Vietnamese
Noun
半島
- chữ Hán form of bán đảo (“peninsula”).