列岛

列島
lièdǎo
noun #40,964

Meanings

  1. 1 chain of islands
  2. 2 island chain

Examples

HSK 6
Tiānqì hǎo de shíhou, cóng shāndǐng néng kàndào hǎishàng de lièdǎo.
On a clear day you can see the island chain out at sea from the hilltop.
HSK 6
Zhè chuàn lièdǎo cóng dōngběi xiàng xīnán yánshēn le jǐbǎi gōnglǐ.
This chain of islands stretches several hundred kilometres from northeast to southwest.

Tips

usage
列岛 is a group of islands strung out in a line or arc, and mostly ends a name, as in 庙岛列岛 in the Bohai Strait or 马祖列岛 off Fujian. The general word for an archipelago is 群岛, as in 舟山群岛.

Stroke Order

列 liè
岛 dǎo