群岛 (qúndǎo): archipelago

Meanings

1 archipelago
2 island chain
3 group of islands

Characters

群

Examples

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.

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.

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)