處女群島

Chinese

		female virgin; maiden; initial female virgin; maiden; initial; inaugural; virgin	archipelago; chain of islands
trad. (處女群島/處女羣島)		處女	群島/羣島
simp. (处女群岛)		处女	群岛

Etymology

Calque of English Virgin Islands.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chùnǚ Qúndǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu⁵ neoi⁵ kwan⁴ dou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chùnǚ Qúndǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chùnyǔ Cyúndǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻu⁴-nü³ Chʻün²-tao³
    • Yale: Chù-nyǔ Chyún-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chuhneu Chyundao
    • Palladius: Чунюй Цюньдао (Čunjuj Cjunʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyu⁵ neoi⁵ kwan⁴ dou²
    • Yale: chyúh néuih kwàhn dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy⁵ noey⁵ kwan⁴ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu⁵ nêu⁵ kuen⁴ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː¹³ nɵy̯¹³ kʷʰɐn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

處女群島

1. (chiefly Hong Kong) Virgin Islands (an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea, comprising the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands)

Synonyms

• (Mainland) 維爾京群島／维尔京群岛 (Wéi'ěrjīng Qúndǎo)
• (Taiwan) 維京群島／维京群岛 (Wéijīng Qúndǎo)

Derived terms

• 美屬處女群島 / 美属处女群岛 (Měishǔ Chùnǚ Qúndǎo)
• 英屬處女群島 / 英属处女群岛 (Yīngshǔ Chùnǚ Qúndǎo)