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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍t-tó / lia̍t-tó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lièdǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lièdǎo
  - Wade–Giles: lieh⁴-tao³
  - Yale: lyè-dǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liehdao
  - Palladius: ледао (ledao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lit⁶ dou²
  - Yale: liht dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lit⁹ dou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lid⁶ dou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːt̚² tou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lie̍t-tó
  - Hakka Romanization System: lied do^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liad⁶ do³
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯et̚⁵ to³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍t-tó
  - Tâi-lô: lia̍t-tó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaddoir
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ to⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛt̚⁴⁻³² tɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɛt̚⁴⁻³² to⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍t-tó͘
  - Tâi-lô: lia̍t-tóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaddor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛt̚²⁴⁻² tɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɛt̚⁴⁻³² tɔ⁵³/

Noun

列島

archipelago; chain of islands

Synonyms

群島 / 群岛 (qúndǎo)
諸島 / 诸岛 (zhūdǎo)

Derived terms

吐噶喇列島 / 吐噶喇列岛 (Tùgálǎ Lièdǎo)
嵊泗列島 / 嵊泗列岛
日本列島 / 日本列岛 (Rìběn Lièdǎo)
澎湖列島 / 澎湖列岛 (Pénghú Lièdǎo)
馬祖列島 / 马祖列岛 (Mǎzǔ Lièdǎo)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

列(れっ)島(とう) • (rettō)

(geography) archipelago, chain of islands
(especially) Japanese archipelago

See also

群島(ぐんとう) (guntō)
諸島(しょとう) (shotō)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
列	島

Noun

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

hanja form^? of 열도 (“(South Korea) archipelago, chain of islands”)
hanja form^? of 렬도 (“(North Korea) archipelago, chain of islands”)