dǎo

island

DEFINITIONS

  • island
  • variant of 島|岛[dao3]
  • island
  • CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]

WORDS

羅得斯 luó dé sī dǎo Rhodes, Mediterranean island
羅德 luó dé dǎo Rhode Island, US state; Rhodes, an island of Greece
美屬維爾京群 měi shǔ wéi ěr jīng qún dǎo United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
美麗 měi lì dǎo Formosa (from Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Isle", the name given to Taiwan Island by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544)
qún dǎo group of islands; archipelago
弧 qún dǎo hú island arc (geology)
聖克魯斯 shèng kè lǔ sī dǎo Santa Cruz Island, off the California coast
聖盧西亞 shèng lú xī yà dǎo Saint Lucia
聖誕 shèng dàn dǎo Christmas Island, Australia
聖赫勒拿 shèng hè lè ná dǎo Saint Helena
yí dǎo see 郎格罕氏島|郎格罕氏岛[Lang2 ge2 han3 shi4 dao3]
素 yí dǎo sù insulin
nǎo dǎo insula
臺灣 tái wān dǎo Taiwan Island
舟山群 zhōu shān qún dǎo Zhoushan Island
jiàn dǎo island (the superstructure of an aircraft carrier, on the starboard side of the deck)
英屬維爾京群 yīng shǔ wéi ěr jīng qún dǎo British Virgin Islands
huāng dǎo barren or uninhabited island; CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]
萊斯沃斯 lái sī wò sī dǎo Lesbos (Greek island in the Aegean Sea 愛琴海|爱琴海[Ai4 qin2 Hai3])
葫蘆 hú lú dǎo Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
葫蘆市 hú lú dǎo shì Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
薩丁尼亞 sà dīng ní yà dǎo Sardinia
蘇門答臘 sū mén dá là dǎo Sumatra (one of the Indonesian islands)
shé dǎo Shedao or Snake island in Bohai sea 渤海 off Lüshun 旅順|旅顺 on the tip of the Liaoning peninsula, small rocky island famous for snakes
蝮 shé dǎo fù Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds