半島

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See also: 半岛

Chinese

half; semi-; incomplete
half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
 
island
trad. (半島)
simp. (半岛)

Pronunciation


Noun

半島

  1. peninsula (Classifier: m;  m)

Derived terms

Proper noun

半島

  1. (~電視臺) Al Jazeera (Arabic/English language news network)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はん
Grade: 2
とう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
 半島 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

(はん)(とう) (hantō

  1. (geography) peninsula
  2. (specifically) Short for 朝鮮半島 (Chōsen Hantō, Korean Peninsula).

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

半島 (bando) (hangeul 반도)

  1. hanja form? of 반도 (peninsula)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

半島

  1. chữ Hán form of bán đảo (peninsula).