寶島

See also: 宝岛

Chinese

		a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious	island
trad. (寶島)		寶	島
simp. (宝岛)		宝	岛

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bǎodǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² dou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Pó-tó
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Pó-tó / Pó-tó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): bo² dao²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bǎodǎo [Phonetic: báodǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Bǎodǎo
  - Wade–Giles: Pao³-tao³
  - Yale: Bǎu-dǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Baodao
  - Palladius: Баодао (Baodao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² dou²
  - Yale: bóu dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² dou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² dou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ tou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pó-tó
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˋ do^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ do³
  - Sinological IPA: /po³¹ to³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Kinmen, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pó-tó
  - Tâi-lô: Pó-tó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poy'doir
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Tainan): /pɤ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tɤ⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /po⁵³⁻²⁴ to⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pó-tó͘
  - Tâi-lô: Pó-tóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poy'dor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Yilan): /po⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Lukang): /po⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tɔ⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bo² dao²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pó táu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁵²⁻³⁵ tau⁵²⁻²¹/

Proper noun

寶島

(figurative) Taiwan (island); Formosa

Synonyms

福爾摩沙／福尔摩沙 (Fú'ěrmóshā)
臺灣／台灣／台湾 (Táiwān)