群岛 (qúndǎo): archipelago

Meanings

1 archipelago
2 island chain
3 group of islands

Characters

群

Examples

HSK 6

这个群岛由三百多个小岛组成。

Zhège qúndǎo yóu sānbǎi duō gè xiǎodǎo zǔchéng.

This archipelago consists of over three hundred small islands.

HSK 7-9

印度尼西亚是世界上最大的群岛国家。

Yìndùníxīyà shì shìjiè shàng zuì dà de qúndǎo guójiā.

Indonesia is the largest archipelago country in the world.

Tips

memory

群 (group/flock) + 岛 (island) - picture a flock of islands clustered together in the ocean.

In Pop Culture

南沙群岛 Nán shā Qúndǎo

Spratly Islands

disputed archipelago - literally 'South Sand Islands'

马尔代夫群岛 Mǎ'ěrdàifū Qúndǎo

Maldives

tropical archipelago - popular Chinese honeymoon destination

Stroke Order

群 qún

岛 dǎo

Related Words

群 qún HSK 3 #1,034

group; crowd; flock / measure word for groups of people or animals

群体 qúntǐ HSK 5 #8,551

group; community; colony / collective; demographic

人群 rénqún HSK 3 #3,441

crowd / group of people / throng

岛 dǎo HSK 6 #1,017

island

群众 qúnzhòng HSK 5 #7,446

the masses; the people; the public / the crowd; multitude

岛屿 dǎoyǔ HSK 7-9 #13,607

islands (collectively); island territories

开曼群岛 Kāimàn Qúndǎo #16,156

Cayman Islands

族群 zúqún #18,030

ethnic group / community; demographic group

荒岛 huāngdǎo #18,911

deserted island / uninhabited island

千岛群岛 Qiāndǎo Qúndǎo

Kuril Islands (volcanic archipelago between Hokkaido and Kamchatka)