桑托里尼岛

Traditional form:

桑托里尼島

Pinyin (reading):

Sāngtuōlǐní Dǎo

Definitions:

• Santorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea)

Characters:

• 桑 - mulberry tree; surname
• 托 - to raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
• 岛 - island

Traditional characters:

• 桑 - mulberry tree; surname
• 托 - to raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
• 島 - island