南西诸岛 nán xī zhū dǎo

DEFINITIONS

  1. Ryukyu Islands
  2. Okinawa 沖繩|冲绳[Chong1 sheng2] and other islands of modern Japan

CHARACTERS

南 nán south; southern part; southward
西 xī west(ern); westward, occident
诸 zhū various, all, these; surname
岛 dǎo island