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Hanzi

島 / 岛

Traditional
島
Simplified
岛

island/CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 6

Pinyin

dǎo

Bopomofo

ㄉㄠˇ

Jyutping

dou2

Example sentences

半島 / 半岛 bàndǎo
山東半島位於中國東部。
山东半岛位于中国东部。

The Shandong Peninsula is located in eastern China.

島 / 岛 dǎo
那個島上沒有人住。
那个岛上没有人住。

No one lives on that island.

輪船 / 轮船 lúnchuán
我們坐輪船去那個島。
我们坐轮船去那个岛。

We took a ship to that island.

島嶼 / 岛屿 dǎoyǔ
這片海域分佈著許多小島嶼。
这片海域分布著许多小岛屿。

Many small islands are distributed in this sea area.

臺灣 / 台湾 táiwān
臺灣是一個美麗的島嶼。
台湾是一个美丽的岛屿。

Taiwan is a beautiful island.

Example Vocabulary

列島

lie4'dao3

半島

ban4'dao3

peninsula

島

dao3

island

島嶼

dao3'yu3

islands

巴厘島

仙島

冰島

北島

千島湖

南島

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