檀島

Chinese

		sandal wood	island
trad. (檀島)		檀	島
simp. (檀岛)		檀	岛

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tándǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taan⁴ dou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tándǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tándǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻan²-tao³
    • Yale: Tán-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tarndao
    • Palladius: Таньдао (Tanʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taan⁴ dou²
    • Yale: tàahn dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taan⁴ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tan⁴ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

檀島

1. Honolulu (a city, the state capital of Hawaii, United States)
   • 1972, “鐵塔凌雲”, performed by 許冠傑:

     檀島灘岸點點燐光 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     檀岛滩岸点点磷光 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     taan⁴ dou² taan¹ ngon⁶ dim² dim² leon⁴ gwong¹ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 火奴魯魯／火奴鲁鲁 (Huǒnúlǔlǔ)