島 (dou2 | dao3) : [n] island; isle

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島

dou2

dao3

[n] island; isle

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 山 (#46)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

島 / 岛

This word has been viewed 8836 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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半島 bun3 dou2 ban4 dao3 = peninsula

南丫島 naam4 aa1 dou2 nan2 ya1 dao3 = Lamma Island

冰島 bing1 dou2 bing1 dao3 = Iceland

群島 kwan4 dou2 qun2 dao3 = archipelago; group of islands

島嶼 dou2 zeoi6 dao3 yu3 = islands

外島 ngoi6 dou2 wai4 dao3 = outlying island; off-island

小島 siu2 dou2 xiao3 dao3 = isle

港島 gong2 dou2 gang3 dao3 = Hong Kong Island

離島 lei4 dou2 = outer islands

峇里島 baa1 lei5 dou2 = Bali island
See all 89 compounds (CantoDict reports 91 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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請你幫我買幾份報紙，南華、星島、明報各一份。
Please buy some newspapers for me, South China (Morning Post), Sing Tao (Daily) and Ming Pao (Daily), one each.

佢隻狗有糖尿病，所以每日要打胰島素粵
Her dog has diabetes, so it needs insulin shots each day.

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Decimal representation of this word: 島
Unicode code for this character: U+5CF6 (off-site link)

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