美麗島 měi lì dǎo

Formosa; old name for Taiwan

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Formosa (from Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Isle", the name given to Taiwan Island by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544)

Characters

Character Meaning
美 měi HSK 4
beautiful; USA; abbr. for 美国měi guó
麗 lì
beautiful; Korea
島 dǎo
island; variant of 島dǎo