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群島
kwan4 dou2
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archipelago; group of islands Level: 3 Google Frequency: 712,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1679 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 30th Apr 2005 07:48 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:群 kwan4 - crowd; group島 dou2 - [n] island; isle 16 compounds containing this word:加拉巴哥群島 - Galapagos Islands所羅門群島 - Solomon Islands 馬紹爾群島 - Marshall Islands 琉球群島 - the Ryukyu islands 千島群島 - Kuril islands 塞舌爾群島 - Seychelles 湯加群島 - Tonga 加拉巴哥斯群島 - Galapagos islands 南沙群島 - Nansha Qundao/Spratly Islands 沖繩群島 - the Okinawa archipelago 海峽群島國家公園 - Channel Islands National Park 西沙群島 - the Xisha Islands 西印度群島 - the West Indies 東沙群島 - the Dongsha Islands 海峽群島 - the Channel Islands 古拉格群島 - The Gulag Archipelago |
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