宮古島

Chinese

		Miyako	island
trad. (宮古島)		宮古	島
simp. (宫古岛)		宫古	岛

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gōnggǔdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ gu² dou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gōnggǔdǎo [Phonetic: gōnggúdǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gonggǔdǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Kung¹-ku³-tao³
    • Yale: Gūng-gǔ-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gongguudao
    • Palladius: Гунгудао (Gungudao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ gu² dou²
    • Yale: gūng gú dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ gu² dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ gu² dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kuː³⁵ tou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

宮古島

1. Miyako-jima (an island in Japan)
2. (～市) Miyakojima (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宮	古	島
みや Grade: 3	こ Grade: 2	しま > じま Grade: 3
kun’yomi	on’yomi	kun’yomi

Etymology

From 宮古 (Miyako) +‎ 島 (-shima, “island”). The shima changes to jima as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲija̠ko̞ʑima̠]

Proper noun

宮(みや)古(こ)島(じま) • (Miyakojima) 

1. Miyako-jima (an island in Japan)
2. Miyakojima (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)