中島

See also: 中岛

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	island
trad. (中島)		中	島
simp. (中岛)		中	岛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngdǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongdǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-tao³
    • Yale: Jūng-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongdao
    • Palladius: Чжундао (Čžundao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

中島

1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 中島, Nakashima; or of 中島, Nakajima
2. Nakashima, Nakajima (a village in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
中	島
なか Grade: 1	しま Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Proper noun

中(なか)島(しま) • (Nakashima) 

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
中	島
なか Grade: 1	しま > じま Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Proper noun

中(なか)島(じま) • (Nakajima) 

1. a surname