東沙

See also: 东沙

Chinese

		east	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
trad. (東沙)		東	沙
simp. (东沙)		东	沙

東沙一路

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dōngshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ saa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tang-soa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dōngshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dongsha
    • Wade–Giles: Tung¹-sha¹
    • Yale: Dūng-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongsha
    • Palladius: Дунша (Dunša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ saa¹
    • Yale: dūng sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tang-soa
    • Tâi-lô: Tang-sua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dangsoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ³³ sua³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sua⁴⁴/

Proper noun

東沙

1. Pratas, an atoll in the South China Sea administered by Cijin, Kaohsiung, Republic of China (Taiwan)
2. (～島) Pratas, Tungsha or Dongsha Island, on the main atoll administered by Cijin, Kaohsiung, Republic of China (Taiwan)
3. (historical) Dongsha Island, one of the chief shoals which formed modern Chongming Island in northern Shanghai

Coordinate terms

• 南沙 (Nánshā)
• 西沙 (Xīshā)
• 中沙 (Zhōngshā)

Derived terms

• 東沙島／东沙岛 (Dōngshādǎo)
• 東沙群島／东沙群岛 (Dōngshā Qúndǎo)

 

Descendants

• → English: Dongsha, Tungsha