高島

高島

Chinese

		high; tall	island
trad. (高島)		高	島
simp. (高岛)		高	岛

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 高島 (Takashima).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gāodǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄉㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Gāodǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gaudao
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

高島

1. (～市) Takashima (a city in Shiga, Japan)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	島
たか Grade: 2	しま Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Proper noun

高島 (hiragana たかしま, rōmaji Takashima)

1. a place name, such as that of Takashima City in Shiga Prefecture
2. A surname​.