小島

See also: 小岛

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	island
trad. (小島)		小	島
simp. (小岛)		小	岛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎodǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² dou²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sió-tó

(Teochew, Peng'im): siou² dao²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎodǎo [Phonetic: xiáodǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎodǎo
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tao³
  - Yale: syǎu-dǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaudao
  - Palladius: сяодао (sjaodao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² dou²
  - Yale: síu dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² dou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ tou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-tó
  - Tâi-lô: sió-tó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'doir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siou² dao²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sióu táu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siou⁵²⁻³⁵ tau⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

小島

islet; small island (Classifier: 座)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	島
こ Grade: 1	しま > じま Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 小(こ) (ko, “small, little”) + 島(しま) (shima, “island, isle”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こじま [kòjímá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ʑima̠]

Noun

小(こ)島(じま) • (kojima)

isle, islet, small island

Proper noun

小(こ)島(じま) • (Kojima)

a surname

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN