千島

Chinese

		thousand	island
trad. (千島)		千	島
simp. (千岛)		千	岛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Qiāndǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ dou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qiāndǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄉㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Ciandǎo
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻien¹-tao³
  - Yale: Chyān-dǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chiandao
  - Palladius: Цяньдао (Cjanʹdao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin¹ dou²
  - Yale: chīn dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ dou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ dou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵/

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 千(ち)島(しま) (Chishima).

Proper noun

千島

(～群島, ～列島) Kuril Islands, Kuriles (an archipelago of Russia)
Synonym: 庫里爾 / 库里尔

千島寒流／千岛寒流 ― qiāndǎo hánliú ― Oyashio

Etymology 2

Calque of English Thousand Islands.

Noun

千島

(～群島, ～湖) Thousand Islands (an archipelago of the United States, Canada)
千島國際大橋／千岛国际大桥 ― Qiāndǎo Guójì Dàqiáo ― Thousand Islands Int'l Bridge

Derived terms

千島醬／千岛酱 (qiāndǎojiàng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	島
ち Grade: 1	しま Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiɕima̠]

Proper noun

千(ち)島(しま) • (Chishima)

Kurils (islands)
千島列島(ちしまれっとう)
Chishima rettō
Kuril Islands

Synonyms

クリル (Kuriru)

Korean

Hanja in this term
千	島

Proper noun

千島 • (Cheondo) (hangeul 천도)

hanja form^? of 천도 (“Kurils”)