中沙群岛

Traditional form:

中沙群島

Pinyin (reading):

Zhōngshā Qúndǎo

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 沙 - sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
• 群 - group, crowd; multitude, mob
• 岛 - island

Traditional characters:

• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 沙 - sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
• 群 - group, crowd; multitude, mob
• 島 - island