島嶼

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See also: 島屿 and 岛屿

Chinese

island islet
trad. (島嶼)
simp. (岛屿) 屿

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (5) (17)
Final () (89) (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter tawX zjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tɑuX/ /zɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/tɑuX/ /ziɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/tɑuX/ /ziɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tawX/ /zɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/tɑuX/ /ziɔX/
Wang
Li
/tɑuX/ /zĭoX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tɑuX/ /zi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dou2 zeoi6

Noun

島嶼

  1. (collective) island (Classifier: m)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (島嶼):
  • Japanese: 島嶼(とうしょ) (tōsho)
  • Korean: 도서(島嶼) (doseo)

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 3
しょ
Hyōgai
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
島屿 (extended shinjitai)
島しょ

Pronunciation

Noun

(とう)(しょ) (tōshoたうしよ (tausyo)?

  1. islands large and small

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

島嶼 (doseo) (hangeul 도서)

  1. hanja form? of 도서 (islands)