半岛

半島
bàndǎo
noun HSK 7-9 #12,127

Meanings

  1. 1 peninsula

Characters

Literally 'half island' - land that's almost an island but still connected on one side. Perfectly logical.

Examples

HSK 4
Yìdàlì wèiyú yīgè bàndǎo shàng.
Italy is located on a peninsula.
HSK 7-9
Cháoxiǎn Bàndǎo júshì yìzhí hěn jǐnzhāng.
The situation on the Korean Peninsula has always been tense.

In Pop Culture

半岛电视台 Bàndǎo Diànshìtái
Al Jazeera
Qatari news network, literally 'Peninsula Television' - Qatar is on the Arabian Peninsula

Stroke Order

bàn
dǎo