Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 島

island
CL:個／个 (gè),座 (zuò)

barren or uninhabited island
CL:個／个 (gè),座 (zuò)

Hong Kong Island
abbr. for 香港島／香港岛 ( Xiānggǎngdǎo)

Itsukushima island in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan, with a famous shrine

Sakurajima, an active volcano in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan

Takeshima (Korean Dokdo 獨島／独岛 ( Dúdǎo)), disputed islands in Sea of Japan

(geology) island arc

Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong

island (the superstructure of an aircraft carrier, on the starboard side of the deck)

Tsushima, a city in Aichi prefecture, Japan

reef island

island of the immortals

traffic circle; rotary; roundabout
to travel around an island

Dokdo (Japanese Takeshima 竹島／竹岛 ( Zhúdǎo)), disputed islands in Sea of Japan

an island in the sea

Iceland

Lüdao or Lutao township in Taitung County 臺東縣／台东县 ( Táidōng Xiàn), southeast Taiwan

Shedao or Snake island in Bohai sea 渤海 off Lüshun 旅順／旅顺 on the tip of the Liaoning peninsula, small rocky island famous for snakes

outlying islands

Changdao county in Yantai 煙台／烟台 ( Yāntái), Shandong

archipelago
chain of islands

Formosa

isolated island

Bei Dao (1949-), Chinese poet

South Island (New Zealand)

Isle of Man, British Isles (Tw)
see also 馬恩島／马恩岛 ( Mǎ'ēn Dǎo)

Kojima (Japanese surname and place name)

Fukushima (Japanese surname and place name)

Matsushima (name)
Matsushima town and national park in Miyagi prefecture, Japan

island

Nakajima or Nakashima (Japanese surname and place name)

main island

peninsula

isle

(bird species of China) island thrush (Turdus poliocephalus)

Guam

Huangdao district of Qingdao city 青島市／青岛市, Shandong

island

see 郎格罕氏島／郎格罕氏岛 ( Lánggéhǎnshìdǎo)

group of islands
archipelago

Sing Tao, Hong Kong media group and publisher of Sing Tao Daily 星島日報／星岛日报

insula

island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan)

Hiroshima, Japan

islander

Yeonpyeong island on Yellow Sea coast of Korea

Korean peninsula (esp. South Korean usage)

Baengnyeong Island of South Korea, near the Northern Limit Line

Huángyán Dǎo

Huangyan Island (in the South China Sea)

Chóngmíng Dǎo

Chongming Island

Guernsey (Channel Islands)

Shèngdàn Dǎo

Christmas Island, Australia

Huangdao district of Qingdao city 青島市／青岛市, Shandong

Tanegashima, Japanese Island off Kyushu, the Japanese space launch site

Guǎngdǎoxiàn

Hiroshima prefecture, Japan

Meizhou Island (Putian)

Rhode Island, US state
Rhodes, an island of Greece

island arc (geology)

Bali (island in Indonesia)

Sardinia

Liugong island in the Yellow sea

artificial island

Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds

Qinhuangdao, prefecture-level city in Hebei

Jeju Island special autonomous province, South Korea, a World Heritage site

Formosa (from Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Isle", the name given to Taiwan Island by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544)

Chángdǎoxiàn

Changdao county in Yantai 煙台／烟台, Shandong

qiāndǎojiàng

thousand island dressing

Midway Islands

Lanka (old term for Sri Lanka, Ceylon)

insulin

Devil's Island in French Guiana, a former penal colony (1852-1953)

Lüdao or Lutao township in Taitung County 臺東縣／台东县 ( Táidōng Xiàn), southeast Taiwan

Kagoshima, Japanese island prefecture off the south coast of Kyushu

Chōngshéng Dǎo

Okinawa Island

Hainan Island in South China Sea

Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省／辽宁省 ( Liáoníng Shěng) in northeast China

Luzon Island, north Philippines

Penghu island county of Taiwan, off the coast of Kaohsiung

island of Bali

Java (island of Indonesia)

Jersey (Channel Islands)

Nan'ao Island in Shantou 汕頭／汕头 ( Shàntóu), Guangdong

Municipality of the Islands (Macau)
Concelho das Ilhas

Isle of Man, British Isles
Isle of Mann

Timor island

Treasure Island by R.L. Stevenson 羅伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森／罗伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森 ( Luóbótè· Lùyìsī· Sīdìwénsēn)

Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong

Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea

Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also called the Pinnacle Islands

JUSCO, Japanese chain of hypermarkets

Fukushima prefecture in north Japan

Taiwan Island

Hispaniola (Caribbean Island divided between Dominican Republic and Haiti)

Islands District of the New Territories, Hong Kong

volcanic island

Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959

Isle of Wight, island off the south coast of England

Sakhalin

traffic island; pedestrian refuge

pars perculairs

Xiānggǎng Dǎo

Hong Kong Island

Pescadores Islands, Penghu county, Taiwan

Wake Island (North Pacific Ocean)

Rhode Island, US state
Rhodes, an island of Greece

Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan

Corfu (Greek: Kerkira), island in the Ionian sea

Zhōngshā Qúndǎo

Macclesfield Bank, series of reefs in the South China Sea southeast of Hainan Island

Qīngdǎopíjiǔ

Tsingtao Beer

Huǒdì Qúndǎo

Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia

Wúzhīzhōu Dǎo

Wuzhizhou Island, Hainan

Kēxījiā Dǎo

Corsica (Island located west of Italy and southeast of France)

Aìdéhuá Dǎo

Prince Edward Island, province of Canada

Liúqiú Qúndǎo

the Ryukyu or Luchu Islands (including Okinawa)

Qínhuángdǎoshì

Qinhuangdao, prefecture-level city in Hebei

Nuòfúkè Dǎo

Norfolk Island

Xīnài Bàndǎo

Sinai Peninsula

Kùkè Qúndǎo

Cook Islands

Mǎlái Bàndǎo

Malay Peninsula

Xiàwēiyí Dǎo

Hawaii island

Pénghú Lièdǎo

Pescadores Islands, Taiwan

Luódésī Dǎo

Rhodes, Mediterranean island

Zhōng- Yìn Bàndǎo

Indochina

Miánlánlǎo Dǎo

Mindanao (island in the Philippines)

Crete

Gélínglándǎo

Greenland

shēngtàigūdǎo

insularization (as a threat to biodiversity)

nándǎomínzú

Austronesian

Yìn- Zhī Bàndǎo

Indochina (abbr. for colonial term 印度支那半島／印度支那半岛 ( Yinduzhinà Bàndào))
(now written 中南半島／中南半岛 ( Zhongnān Bàndào))

Jiāngé Lièdǎo

Senkaku Islands (Japanese name for the Diaoyu Islands 釣魚島／钓鱼岛 ( Diàoyú Dǎo)), also known as the Pinnacle Islands

Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省／辽宁省 ( Liáoníng Shěng) in northeast China

Shǐdāndùn Dǎo

Staten Island, borough of New York City

Wēngēhuá Dǎo

Vancouver Island

Aòlán Qúndǎo

Åland Islands, Finland

Mǎzǔ Lièdǎo

Matsu Islands

Zhōngnán Bàndǎo

Indochina

Tàisè'ěr Dǎo

Texel island, Netherlands

Fàndǎoliǔyīng

(bird species of China) Ijima's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae)

Asēnsōng Dǎo

Ascension Island

Qiāndǎo Qúndǎo

Kuril Islands, archipelago in Sakhalin, far-eastern Russia

Andaman islands
variant of 安達曼群島／安达曼群岛 ( Andámàn Qúndǎo)

Kāimàn Qúndǎo

Cayman Islands

Hēixiāzi Dǎo

Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk
Heixiazi (black blind man) Island

Bātǎn Qúndǎo

Batan Islands in Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines

Ellis Island

Héngchūn Bàndǎo

Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County 屏東縣／屏东县 ( Píngdōng Xiàn), the southernmost point of Taiwan

Tāngjiā Qúndǎo

Tonga

Nánxīzhūdǎo

Ryukyu Islands
Okinawa 沖繩／冲绳 ( Chōngshéng) and other islands of modern Japan

Guernsey (Channel Islands)

Bikini atoll, French nuclear test site in South Pacific

Chōngshéng Qúndǎo

the Okinawa archipelago

Xīshā Qúndǎo

Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea

Kēlóng Qúndǎo

Galapagos Islands

Shāndōng Bàndǎo

Shandong Peninsula

Cháoxiǎn Bàndǎo

Korean Peninsula

Sōngbāwā Dǎo

Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java

Yīnglún Sāndǎo

British Isles

Pénghú Qúndǎo

Penghu or Pescadores, archipelago of 90 islands to west of Taiwan

Fǎluó Qúndǎo

Faroe Islands

Guān Dǎo Dàxué

University of Guam

Hǎixiá Qúndǎo

Channel Islands

Xīngdǎo Rìbào

Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong newspaper

Antigua

Liáodōng Bàndǎo

Liaodong Peninsula

Chángdǎobīngchá

Long Island Iced Tea

Liúqiú Qúndǎo

Ryukyu Islands
Okinawa 沖繩／冲绳 ( Chōngshéng) and other islands of modern Japan

Yándǎoshénshè

Itsukujima shrine in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan

Xùntā Qúndǎo

Sunda Islands (Malay archipelago)

Sicily

Asōngsēn Dǎo

Ascension Island

Zhōushān Qúndǎo

Zhoushan Island

rèdǎoxiàoyìng

urban heat island effect

Léizhōu Bàndǎo

Leizhou Peninsula

Shèngsì Lièdǎo

Shengsi Islands, making up Shengsi county in Zhoushan 舟山 ( Zhōushān), Zhejiang

Nánshā Qúndǎo

Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam

Fùhuójié Dǎo

Easter Island

Dà Jiānàlì Dǎo

大加那利岛

[大加那利島]

Gran Canaria (in the Canary Islands)

Fúkèlán Qúndǎo

福克兰群岛

[福克蘭群島]

Falkland Islands

Sūméndálà Dǎo

苏门答腊岛

[蘇門答臘島]

Sumatra (one of the Indonesian islands)

Fúluòlǐsīdǎo

弗洛里斯岛

[弗洛里斯島]

Flores, Indonesia
also written 弗洛勒斯島／弗洛勒斯岛 ( Fúluòlēisīdǎo)

Shèdélán Qúndǎo

设得兰群岛

[設得蘭群島]

Shetland Islands

Alābó Bàndǎo

阿拉伯半岛

[阿拉伯半島]

Arabian Peninsula

Lánggéhǎnshìdǎo

郎格罕氏岛

[郎格罕氏島]

islets of Langerhans (medicine)

Shènghèlèná Dǎo

圣赫勒拿岛

[聖赫勒拿島]

Saint Helena

Měilì Dǎo Shìjiàn

美丽岛事件

[美麗島事件]

Kaohsiung Incident (aka Formosa Incident), a crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on 10 December 1979 during Taiwan's martial law period

Jiāluólín Qúndǎo

加罗林群岛

[加羅林群島]

Caroline Islands

Bólā Bólā Dǎo

博拉博拉岛

[博拉博拉島]

Bora Bora, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia

Jiānàlì Qúndǎo

加那利群岛

[加那利群島]

Canary Islands

Bùlièdiān Zhūdǎo

不列颠诸岛

[不列顛諸島]

British Isles

dǎoguódòngzuòpiàn

岛国动作片

[島國動作片]

euphemism for Japanese porn movie

Nánjízhōu Bàndǎo

南极洲半岛

[南極洲半島]

the Antarctic Peninsula (jutting out towards South America)

Bā'ěrgàn Bàndǎo

巴尔干半岛

[巴爾幹半島]

Balkan Peninsula

Shèngkèlǔsī Dǎo

圣克鲁斯岛

[聖克魯斯島]

Santa Cruz Island, off the California coast

Hāmǎhēilā Dǎo

哈马黑拉岛

[哈馬黑拉島]

Halmahera, an island of Indonesia

Zhōngtú Dǎo Zhànyì

中途岛战役

[中途島戰役]

Battle of Midway, June 1942

Dà Wūsūlǐ Dǎo

大乌苏里岛

[大烏蘇里島]

Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk
same as Heixiazi Island 黑瞎子島／黑瞎子岛 ( Hēixiāzi Dǎo)

Andámàn Qúndǎo

安达曼群岛

[安達曼群島]

Andaman Islands

Aò'ěrdéní Dǎo

奥尔德尼岛

[奧爾德尼島]

Alderney (Channel Islands)

Kèlǐmù Bàndǎo

克里木半岛

[克里木半島]

Crimea
the Crimean peninsula

Aījiādí Qúndǎo

埃加迪群岛

[埃加迪群島]

Aegadian Islands near Sicily, Italy

Sāngtuōlǐní Dǎo

桑托里尼岛

[桑托里尼島]

Santorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea)

Fúluòlēisīdǎo

弗洛勒斯岛

[弗洛勒斯島]

Flores, Indonesia
also written 弗洛里斯島／弗洛里斯岛 ( Fúluòlǐsīdǎo)

Huò'ěrmùzī Dǎo

霍尔木兹岛

[霍爾木茲島]

Hormuz Island, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf

Chágēsī Qúndǎo

查戈斯群岛

[查戈斯群島]

Chagos Archipelago, coral archipelago in tropical Indian Ocean, with Diego Garcia 迪戈·加西亞島／迪戈·加西亚岛 ( Dígē· Jiāxīyà Dǎo) as largest island

Kānchájiā Bàndǎo

堪察加半岛

[堪察加半島]

Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia

Mǎdélā Qúndǎo

马德拉群岛

[馬德拉群島]

Madeira
the Madeira Islands

Mólùjiā Qúndǎo

摩鹿加群岛

[摩鹿加群島]

Maluku Islands, Indonesia

Yóukǎtǎn Bàndǎo

尤卡坦半岛

[尤卡坦半島]

Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico)

Lèsībōsī Dǎo

勒斯波斯岛

[勒斯波斯島]

Lesbos (Greek island in Aegean)

Yàsù'ěr Qúndǎo

亚速尔群岛

[亞速爾群島]

Azores Islands

Kùyè Dǎoliǔyīng

库页岛柳莺

[庫頁島柳鶯]

(bird species of China) Sakhalin leaf warbler (Phylloscopus borealoides)

jíbí Qīngdǎolóng

棘鼻青岛龙

[棘鼻青島龍]

Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout

Kānchájiā Bàndǎo

勘察加半岛

[勘察加半島]

Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia

Bùgānwéi'ěr Dǎo

布干维尔岛

[布干維爾島]

Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea

Láisīwòsī Dǎo

莱斯沃斯岛

[萊斯沃斯島]

Lesbos (Greek island in the Aegean Sea 愛琴海／爱琴海 ( Aìqín Hǎi))

Shènglúxīyà Dǎo

圣卢西亚岛

[聖盧西亞島]

Saint Lucia

Jiālǐmàndān Dǎo

加里曼丹岛

[加里曼丹島]

Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island)

Bābùyán Qúndǎo

巴布延群岛

[巴布延群島]

Babuyan Archipelago in Luzon Strait north of the Philippines

Sāndǎo Yóujìfū

三岛由纪夫

[三島由紀夫]

Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese author, pen name of (平岡公威／平冈公威, Hiraoka Kimitake)

Sàdīngníyà Dǎo

萨丁尼亚岛

[薩丁尼亞島]

Sardinia

Sàishé'ěr Qúndǎo

塞舌尔群岛

[塞舌爾群島]

the Seychelles

Aliúshēn Qúndǎo

阿留申群岛

[阿留申群島]

Aleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka)

Nuòmàndǐ Bàndǎo

诺曼底半岛

[諾曼底半島]

Normandy peninsula

Xīn Bùlièdiān Dǎo

新不列颠岛

[新不列顛島]

New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea

Bàndǎo Diànshìtái

半岛电视台

[半島電視台]

Al Jazeera (Arabic news network)

Suǒluómén Qúndǎo

所罗门群岛

[所羅門群島]

Solomon Islands in southwest Pacific

Wéiduōlìyà Dǎo

维多利亚岛

[維多利亞島]

Victoria Island

Mǎshào'ěr Qúndǎo

马绍尔群岛

[馬紹爾群島]

Marshall Islands

Bōlā Bōlā Dǎo

波拉波拉岛

[波拉波拉島]

Bora Bora, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia

Mǎlìyànà Qúndǎo

马利亚纳群岛

[馬利亞納群島]

Mariana Islands in the Pacific

Jí'ěrbótè Qúndǎo

吉尔伯特群岛

[吉爾伯特群島]

Gilbert Islands

Tǎsīmànníyà Dǎo

塔斯曼尼亚岛

[塔斯曼尼亞島]

Tasmania

Pítèkǎi'ēn Qúndǎo

皮特凯恩群岛

[皮特凱恩群島]

Pitcairn Islands

Aìdéhuá Wángzǐ Dǎo

爱德华王子岛

[愛德華王子島]

Prince Edward Island (province of Canada)

Yìndùzhīnà Bàndǎo

印度支那半岛

[印度支那半島]

Indochina (old term, esp. colonial period)
now written 中南半島／中南半岛 ( Zhōngnán Bàndǎo)

Mǎdájiāsījiā Dǎo

马达加斯加岛

[馬達加斯加島]

Madagascar

Guādákǎnà'ěrdǎo

瓜达卡纳尔岛

[瓜達卡納爾島]

Guadalcanal Island

Bàndǎo Guójì Xuéxiào

半岛国际学校

[半島國際學校]

International School of the Penninsula

Mǎlǐyànà Qúndǎo

马里亚纳群岛

[馬里亞納群島]

Mariana Islands in the Pacific

Xīnánzhōngshā Qúndǎo

西南中沙群岛

[西南中沙群島]

Xinanzhongsha islands, Hainan

Yībǐlìyà Bàndǎo

伊比利亚半岛

[伊比利亞半島]

Iberian Peninsula

Dígē· Jiāxīyà Dǎo

迪戈·加西亚岛

[迪戈·加西亞島]

Diego Garcia tropical island and US military base in the Indian Ocean, main island of Chago archipelago 查戈斯群島／查戈斯群岛 ( Chágēsī Qúndǎo)

Jiālāpàgēsī Qúndǎo

加拉帕戈斯群岛

[加拉帕戈斯群島]

Galapagos Islands

Jiālābāgēsī Qúndǎo

加拉巴哥斯群岛

[加拉巴哥斯群島]

Galapagos Islands

Dà Andìlièsī Qúndǎo

大安的列斯群岛

[大安的列斯群島]

Greater Antilles, Caribbean archipelago

Sīpǔlātèlì Qúndǎo

斯普拉特利群岛

[斯普拉特利群島]

Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam
same as 南沙群島／南沙群岛 ( Nānshā Qúndǎo)

Běi Mǎlǐyànà Qúndǎo

北马里亚纳群岛

[北馬里亞納群島]

Northern Mariana Islands

Yīngshǔ Wéi'ěrjīng Qúndǎo

英属维尔京群岛

[英屬維爾京群島]

British Virgin Islands

Měishǔ Wéi'ěrjīng Qúndǎo

美属维尔京群岛

[美屬維爾京群島]

United States Virgin Islands (USVI)

Mǎ'ěrwéinàsī Qúndǎo

马尔维纳斯群岛

[馬爾維納斯群島]

Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands)

Tèkèsīhé Kǎikēsī Qúndǎo

特克斯和凯科斯群岛

[特克斯和凱科斯群島]

Turks and Caicos Islands

Nán Qiáozhìyàdǎohé Nán Sāngwēiqí

南乔治亚岛和南桑威奇

[南喬治亞島和南桑威奇]

South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands