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小岛

xiǎo dǎo

2-character word Traditional 小島

What 小岛 means

1. isle

Other readings

小岛 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Xiǎo dǎoKojima (Japanese surname and place name)

The characters in 小岛

• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 岛dǎoisland

Example sentences

• 政府用直升机把物资送到了那个小岛。
  Zhèngfǔ yòng zhíshēngjī bǎ wùzī sòng dào le nàge xiǎodǎo.
  The government transported goods to the island by helicopter.
• 多亏了顺风，我们很快就到了那个小岛。
  Duōkuī le shùnfēng, wǒmen hěn kuài jiù dào le nàge xiǎodǎo.
  Thanks to the favorable wind, we soon reached the island.
• 这个小岛上有两座大城市及许多小村镇。
  On this small island are two large towns and many small settlements.
• 很久很久以前，在一座小岛上，住着一个老国王。
  Hěn jiǔ hěn jiǔ yǐqián, zài yī zuò xiǎodǎo shàng, zhù zhe yī gè lǎo guówáng.
  A long time ago, there lived an old king on a small island.
• 日本是由四个大岛和三千多个小岛组成的，面积和加州差不多。
  Rìběn shì yóu sì gè dà dǎo hé sān qiān duōge xiǎodǎo zǔchéng de, miànjī hé Jiāzhōu chàbuduō.
  Japan consists of four major islands and over 3,000 small islands, and is about equal to California in area.