處女群島

Chinese

		female virgin; maiden; initial female virgin; maiden; initial; inaugural; virgin	archipelago; chain of islands
trad. (處女群島/處女羣島)		處女	群島/羣島
simp. (处女群岛)		处女	群岛

Etymology

Calque of English Virgin Islands.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Chùnǚ Qúndǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu⁵ neoi⁵ kwan⁴ dou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Chùnǚ Qúndǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Chùnyǔ Cyúndǎo
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻu⁴-nü³ Chʻün²-tao³
  - Yale: Chù-nyǔ Chyún-dǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chuhneu Chyundao
  - Palladius: Чунюй Цюньдао (Čunjuj Cjunʹdao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyu⁵ neoi⁵ kwan⁴ dou²
  - Yale: chyúh néuih kwàhn dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsy⁵ noey⁵ kwan⁴ dou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qu⁵ nêu⁵ kuen⁴ dou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː¹³ nɵy̯¹³ kʷʰɐn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

處女群島

(chiefly Hong Kong) Virgin Islands (an archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, comprising the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands)

Synonyms

(Mainland) 維爾京群島／维尔京群岛 (Wéi'ěrjīng Qúndǎo)
(Taiwan) 維京群島／维京群岛 (Wéijīng Qúndǎo)

Derived terms

美屬處女群島 / 美属处女群岛 (Měishǔ Chùnǚ Qúndǎo)
英屬處女群島 / 英属处女群岛 (Yīngshǔ Chùnǚ Qúndǎo)