列島

列島

See also: 列岛

Chinese

		to arrange; to line up; row to arrange; to line up; row; file; series	island
trad. (列島)		列	島
simp. (列岛)		列	岛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lièdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lit⁶ dou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lie̍t-tó
• Min Nan (POJ): lia̍t-tó͘ / lia̍t-tó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lièdǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liehdao
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lièdǎo
    • IPA ^(key): /ljɛ˥˩ tɑʊ̯˨˩˦꜕꜖⁽꜕꜖꜓⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lit⁶ dou²
    • Yale: liht dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lit⁹ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lid⁶ dou²
    • IPA ^(key): /liːt˨ tou̯˧˥/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lie̍t-tó
    • Hakka Romanization System: lied do`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liad⁶ do³
    • IPA: /li̯et̚˥ to˧˩/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍t-tó͘
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍t-tóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaddor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛt˨˦꜕꜕ tɔ˥˥˦/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍t-tó
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍t-tó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaddoir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛt˦꜔꜕ tɤ˦˩/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liɛt˦꜔꜕ to˥˧/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛt˩˨˩꜕꜖ to˥˧/

Noun

列島

1. archipelago; chain of islands

Synonyms

• 群島／群岛 (qúndǎo)

Derived terms

澎湖列島／澎湖列岛 (Pénghú lièdǎo)

馬祖列島／马祖列岛 (Mǎzǔ lièdǎo)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
列	島
れつ > れっ Grade: 3	とう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) れっとー [rèttóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾe̞t̚to̞ː]

Noun

列島 (hiragana れっとう, rōmaji rettō)

1. (geography) archipelago, chain of islands
2. (especially) Japanese archipelago

See also

• 群島 (ぐんとう) (guntō)
• 諸島 (しょとう) (shotō)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
列	島

Noun

列島 • (yeoldo) (hangeul 열도)
列島 • (ryeoldo) (hangeul 렬도)

1. (South Korea) Hanja form^? of 열도 (“archipelago, chain of islands”).
2. (North Korea) Hanja form^? of 렬도 (“archipelago, chain of islands”).