諸島

Chinese

		all; many; various	island
trad. (諸島)		諸	島
simp. (诸岛)		诸	岛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhūdǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄉㄠˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhūdǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄉㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhudǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chu¹-tao³
  - Yale: jū-dǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: judao
  - Palladius: чжудао (čžudao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

諸島

archipelago; chain of islands

Synonyms

列島 / 列岛 (lièdǎo)
群島 / 群岛 (qúndǎo)

Derived terms

不列顛諸島 / 不列颠诸岛 (Bùlièdiān Zhūdǎo)
英倫諸島 / 英伦诸岛 (Yīnglún Zhūdǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
諸	島
しょ Grade: 6	とう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょとー [shóꜜtòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞to̞ː]

Noun

諸(しょ)島(とう) • (shotō) ^{←しょたう (syotau)^?}

an archipelago (group of islands)
- 2010 December 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)二(に)十(じゅう)四(よん)訓(くん)　夏(なつ)休(やす)みあけは皆(みんな)ちょっと大人(おとな)に見(み)える [Lesson 324: Everyone Looks a Bit like a Grown-Up After Summer Vacation]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 37, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
  
  二(に)年(ねん)後(ご)に　ジャボンティ諸(しょ)島(とう)で!!!
  Ni-nen go ni Jabonti-shotō de!!!
  In two years, on the Zabaoty Archipelago!!!

See also

列(れっ)島(とう) (rettō)
群(ぐん)島(とう) (guntō)

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
諸	島

Proper noun

諸島 • (jedo) (hangeul 제도)

hanja form^? of 제도 (“archipelago”)