布干维尔岛

布干維爾島

Bùgānwéi'ěrdǎo

proper noun

Meanings

1 Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea)
2 the largest of the Solomon Islands group, governed by PNG

Characters

(phonetic: Bou-)

(phonetic: -gan-)

(phonetic: -ville)

(phonetic suffix)

Examples

HSK 6

布干维尔岛举行过独立公投。

Bùgānwéi'ěrdǎo jǔxíng guò dúlì gōngtóu.

Bougainville Island has held an independence referendum.

HSK 7-9

布干维尔岛位于南太平洋。

Bùgānwéi'ěrdǎo wèiyú nán Tàipíngyáng.

Bougainville Island lies in the South Pacific.

Tips

history

Named after French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. A 2019 referendum showed ~98% support for independence from Papua New Guinea, with full sovereignty targeted for 2027 - a live geopolitical story in the Pacific.

Stroke Order

布 bù

干 gān

维 wéi

尔 ěr

岛 dǎo