北島

Chinese

		north	island
trad. (北島)		北	島
simp. (北岛)		北	岛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Běidǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ dou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Běidǎo [Phonetic: béidǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Běidǎo
  - Wade–Giles: Pei³-tao³
  - Yale: Běi-dǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeidao
  - Palladius: Бэйдао (Bɛjdao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ dou²
  - Yale: bāk dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ dou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ dou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ tou̯³⁵/

Etymology 1

Calque of English North Island.

Proper noun

北島

North Island (one of the two major islands of New Zealand)

Coordinate terms

南島／南岛 (Nándǎo)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 北島(きたじま) (Kitajima).

Proper noun

北島

An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 北島, Kitajima

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	島
きた Grade: 2	しま > じま Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Proper noun

北(きた)島(じま) • (Kitajima)

a surname

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