西沙群島

西沙群島

Chinese

		The Paracel Islands, an archipelago in the South China Sea currently held by the People's Republic of China	archipelago
trad. (西沙群島/西沙羣島)		西沙	群島/羣島
simp. (西沙群岛)		西沙	群岛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīshā Qúndǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄕㄚ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ saa¹ kwan⁴ dou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Xīshā Qúndǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄕㄚ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shisha Chyundao
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ saa¹ kwan⁴ dou²
    • Yale: sāi sā kwàhn dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ saa¹ kwan⁴ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ sa¹ kuen⁴ dou²
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ säː⁵⁵ kʷʰɐn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

西沙群島

1. Paracel Islands

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	沙	群	島
せい Grade: 2	さ Grade: S	ぐん Grade: 5	とう Grade: 3
kan’on		goon

Etymology

From Chinese 西沙群島

Proper noun

西沙群島 (hiragana せいさぐんとう, rōmaji Seisa Guntō, historical hiragana せいさぐんたう)

1. Synonym of 西沙諸島 (Seisa Shotō, “Paracel Islands”)

See also

• 群 (ぐん)島 (とう) (guntō)