南沙群島

Chinese

		Spratly Islands	archipelago; chain of islands
trad. (南沙群島/南沙羣島)		南沙	群島/羣島
simp. (南沙群岛)		南沙	群岛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Nánshā Qúndǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄚㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ saa¹ kwan⁴ dou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Nánshā Qúndǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄚㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Nánsha Cyúndǎo
  - Wade–Giles: Nan²-sha¹ Chʻün²-tao³
  - Yale: Nán-shā Chyún-dǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nansha Chyundao
  - Palladius: Наньша Цюньдао (Nanʹša Cjunʹdao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ saa¹ kwan⁴ dou²
  - Yale: nàahm sā kwàhn dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ saa¹ kwan⁴ dou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ sa¹ kuen⁴ dou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ saː⁵⁵ kʷʰɐn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

南沙群島

Spratly Islands

Synonyms

(obsolete) 團沙群島／团沙群岛 (Tuánshā Qúndǎo)
(used by foreign media) 斯普拉特利群島／斯普拉特利群岛 (Sīpǔlātèlì Qúndǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	沙	群	島
なん Grade: 2	さ Grade: S	ぐん Grade: 4	とう Grade: 3
goon	kan'on	goon

Etymology

From Chinese 南沙群島 / 南沙群岛 (Nánshā Qúndǎo).

Proper noun

南(なん)沙(さ)群(ぐん)島(とう) • (Nansa Guntō) ^{←なんさぐんたう (Nansaguntau)^?}

synonym of 南沙諸島 (Nansa Shotō, “Spratly Islands”)

See also

群(ぐん)島(とう) (guntō)