小岛 (xiǎodǎo): small island

Measure Word

一座小岛 zuò

Hú zhōngyāng yǒu yí ge xiǎodǎo.

There is a small island in the middle of the lake.

Wǒmen zuò chuán qù nàge xiǎodǎo.

We took a boat to that little island.

usage

Capitalized 小岛 (Xiǎodǎo) is also a common Japanese surname — Kojima. Context makes the sense obvious.

小 xiǎo

岛 dǎo