Japanese names written
中島 are read in Mandarin using their Chinese readings: Nakajima/Nakashima becomes Zhōngdǎo. Famous bearers include singer-songwriter
中岛美雪 (Miyuki Nakajima — whose songs have been covered hundreds of times in Mandarin and Cantonese pop) and Nakajima Aircraft Company, a major WWII Japanese manufacturer that became part of Subaru.
