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dǎo

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dǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dǎo | dao3
English translation
variant of dǎo
> dǎo [dǎo]
island
CL:
>[gè], zuò [zuò]

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About dǎo

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

dǎo

Contains the radical

Shān

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A bird  diǎo perched atop a mountain  Shān

Etymology of dǎo

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

鸟山

Explanation

Simplified form of dǎo . Phonosemantic compound. Shān represents the meaning and niǎo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using dǎo

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chén yáng 哪里 nǎ lǐ yǒu mài 通化 Tōng huà 东宝 Dōng bǎo 生产 shēngchǎn de 胰岛素 yí dǎo sù ?

Does Shenyang where have the insulin that sells a Hua Dongbao production?

zài 我们 wǒmen de 脚下 jiǎo xià , 大地 dà dì 裂开 liè kāi le ,安东尼 Ān dōng ní 大陆 Dà lù 变成 biàn chéng 了安东尼卡群岛 qún dǎo .

Beneath our very feet, the ground split and Antonica was splintered apart.

使用 shǐyòng zhù zài 关岛 Guān Dǎo de B-52轰炸机 hōng zhà jī , yòu 未免太小题大 zuò le .

Using B - 52 s based in Guam seemed to be an overreaction.

一千零一金银 jīn yín dǎo dōu shì 传奇 chuán qí 故事 gùshì .

The Arabian Nights and Treasure lsland are romances.

dǎo shǎng de 岗哨 gǎng shào .

A sentinel : isle of dreadful thirst.

Words with dǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dǎo island dǎo
青岛 Qīng dǎo Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong青島
胰岛素 yí dǎo sù insulin胰島素
半岛 bàn dǎo peninsula半島
岛屿 dǎoyǔ island島嶼
长岛 Cháng dǎo Changdao county in Yantai 煙台|烟台 Yān tái [Yān​tái], Shandong長島
群岛 qún dǎo archipelago群島
朝鲜半岛 Cháo xiǎn Bàn dǎo Korean Peninsula朝鮮半島
小岛 Xiǎo dǎo Kojima (Japanese surname and place name)小島
青岛市 Qīng dǎo shì Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong青島市
海岛 hǎi dǎo island海島
冰岛 Bīng dǎo Iceland冰島
广岛 Guǎng dǎo Hiroshima, Japan廣島
孤岛 gū dǎo isolated island孤島
巴厘岛 Bā lí Dǎo Bali (island in Indonesia)巴厘島
秦皇岛 Qín huáng dǎo Qinhuangdao prefecture level city in Hebei秦皇島
环岛 huán dǎo roundabout (traffic island)環島
关岛 Guān Dǎo Guam關島
岛国 dǎo guó island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan)島國
荒岛 huāng dǎo barren or uninhabited island荒島
开曼群岛 Kāi màn Qún dǎo Cayman Islands開曼群島
钓鱼岛 Diào yú Dǎo Diaoyu Islands釣魚島
海南岛 Hǎi nán Dǎo Hainan Island in South China Sea海南島
千岛湖 Qiān dǎo Hú Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959千島湖
宝岛 Bǎo dǎo Formosa寶島

dǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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dǎo Decomposition

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dǎo Compounds

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