dǎo

island

CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]

bird (鸟) + mountain (山) = island

Birds circle and land on rocky peaks that rise from the sea — the mountain they perch on is an island. The image captures how ancient people recognized these lone summits surrounded by water.

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MountainSemantic
BirdSemantic

那个小上只有几棵树。

nà ge xiǎo dǎo shàng zhǐ yǒu jǐ kē shù。

On that small island there are only a few trees.

他们坐船去了一座美丽的

tā men zuò chuán qù le yī zuò měi lì de dǎo。

They took a boat to a beautiful island.

Words with 岛

海岛

hǎi dǎo

island

苏门答腊岛

sū mén dá là dǎo

Sumatra (one of the Indonesian islands)

辽东半岛

liáo dōng bàn dǎo

Liaodong Peninsula

金银岛

jīn yín dǎo

Treasure Island by R.L. Stevenson 羅伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森|罗伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森[Luo2 bo2 te4 · Lu4 yi4 si1 · Si1 di4 wen2 sen1]

金门岛

jīn mén dǎo

Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan

钓鱼岛

diào yú dǎo

Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also called the Pinnacle Islands

长岛冰茶

cháng dǎo bīng chá

Long Island Iced Tea

开曼群岛

kāi màn qún dǎo

Cayman Islands

关岛

guān dǎo

Guam

关岛大学

guān dǎo dà xué

University of Guam

阿拉伯半岛

ā lā bó bàn dǎo

Arabian Peninsula

阿松森岛

ā sōng sēn dǎo

Ascension Island

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