五島

Chinese

		five	island
trad. (五島)		五	島
simp. (五岛)		五	岛

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 五島 (Gotō).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wǔdǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄉㄠˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔdǎo [Phonetic: wúdǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔdǎo
  - Wade–Giles: Wu³-tao³
  - Yale: Wǔ-dǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuudao
  - Palladius: Удао (Udao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

五島

(～市) Gotō (a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
五	島
ご Grade: 1	とう Grade: 3
kan'on

From 五(ご) (go, “five”) + 島(とう) (-tō, “island”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごとー [gòtóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞to̞ː]

Noun

五(ご)島(とう) • (gotō) ^{←ごたう (gotau)^?}

(literal) five islands

Proper noun

五(ご)島(とう) • (Gotō) ^{←ごたう (Gotau)^?}

short for 五島列島 (Gotō Rettō, “Gotō Islands”)
a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
五	島
ご Grade: 1	しま Grade: 3
kan'on	kun'yomi

From 五(ご) (go, “five”) + 島(しま) (shima, “island”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごしま [gòshímá] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) ごしま [góꜜshìmà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ɕima̠]

Proper noun

五(ご)島(しま) • (Goshima)

a surname

See also

上(かみ)五(ご)島(とう) (Kamigotō)
ゴトウイカ (Gotō ika)
ゴトウクジラ (Gotō kujira)
ゴトウズルメ (Gotōzurume)
ゴトウマグロ (Gotō maguro)