# 島嶼
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dǎoyǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄩˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dou$^2$ zeoi$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): au$^2$ dui$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tó-sū / tó͘-sǐr / tó͘-sū / tó-sī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dao$^2$ se$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tau-yu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dǎoyǔ [Phonetic: dáoyǔ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dǎoyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: tao$^3$-yü$^3$
*** Yale: dǎu-yǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daoyeu
*** Palladius: даоюй (daojuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$島嶼 / 岛屿 導語 / 导语 禱雨 / 祷雨
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dou$^2$ zeoi$^6$
*** Yale: dóu jeuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dou$^2$ dzoey$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dou$^2$ zêu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tou̯³⁵ t͡sɵy̯²²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$倒敘 / 倒叙 島嶼 / 岛屿
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: au$^2$ dui$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /au⁵⁵ tui³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó-sū
*** Tâi-lô: tó-sū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doysu
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó͘-sǐr
*** Tâi-lô: tóo-sǐr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ²²/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó͘-sū
*** Tâi-lô: tóo-sū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dofsu
*** IPA (Taipei): /tɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
** (Hokkien: Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó-sī
*** Tâi-lô: tó-sī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doysi
*** IPA (Yilan): /to⁵³⁻⁵⁵ si³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dao$^2$ se$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: táu sṳ̆
*** Sinological IPA : /tau⁵²⁻³⁵ sɯ³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tau-yu
*** MiniDict: tau$^去$ yu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tau-hhy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tɔ³³ ɦy⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tawX zjoX
Rime :
| Character | 島 | 嶼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 都晧切 | 徐吕切 |
| Baxter | tawX | zjoX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tɑu$^X$/ | /zɨʌ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tɑu$^X$/ | /ziɔ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tɑu$^X$/ | /ziɔ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /taw$^X$/ | /zɨə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /tɑu$^X$/ | /ziɔ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /tɑu$^X$/ | /zĭo$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tɑu$^X$/ | /zi̯wo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dǎo | xù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dou$^2$ | zeoi$^6$ |

### Noun

島嶼
* (collective) island (Classifier: 座 m)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 島, 島嶼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 島 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 島 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 島 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 島 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 島 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 島, 島子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 島子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 島 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 島 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 島 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 島子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 島 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 島 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 島, 島子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 島 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 島, 海島 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 島 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 島 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 島 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 島子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 島 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 島子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 島 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 島 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 島子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 島子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 島 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 島 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 島 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 島 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 島 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 島 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 島 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 島 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 島 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 島 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 島 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 島 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 島 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 島 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 島 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 島 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 島, 島嶼 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 島 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 島子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 島子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 島, 島子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 島 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 島 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 島 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 島 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 島 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 島 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 島 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 島 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 島 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 島 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 島 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 島 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 島 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 島 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 島 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 島 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 島 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 島 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 島 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 島 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 島 |
| Jin | Datong | 島 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 島 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 島 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 島 |
| Jin | Linhe | 島 |
| Jin | Jining | 島 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 島 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 島嶼 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 島 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 島 |
| Jin | Handan | 島 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 島 |
| Jin | Suide | 島 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 島, 嶼 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 島 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 島 |

#### Derived terms

* 島嶼防線 / 岛屿防线
* 美國本土外小島嶼 / 美国本土外小岛屿 (Měiguó Běntǔ Wài Xiǎodǎoyǔ)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 島嶼(とうしょ) (tōsho)
* → Korean: 도서(島嶼) (doseo)

### References

* “島嶼”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 島 | 嶼 |
| とう Grade: 3 | しょ Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spellings
* 島屿 (extended shinjitai) 島しょ

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) とーしょ [tóꜜòshò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [to̞ːɕo̞]

### Noun

島(とう)嶼(しょ) • (tōsho)
* islands large and small

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 島 | 嶼 |

### Noun

島嶼 • (doseo) (hangeul 도서)
* hanja form of 도서 (“islands”)