瓦胡岛

瓦胡島

Wǎhúdǎo

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Meanings

1 Oahu (the third-largest Hawaiian island, home to Honolulu and Pearl Harbor)

Characters

tile (phonetic for 'O')

(phonetic for '-ahu')

Examples

瓦胡岛是夏威夷最有名的岛。

Wǎhúdǎo shì Xiàwēiyí zuì yǒumíng de dǎo.

Oahu is the most famous of the Hawaiian Islands.

珍珠港位于瓦胡岛。

Zhēnzhūgǎng wèiyú Wǎhúdǎo.

Pearl Harbor is located on Oahu.

Tips

culture

Oahu is home to Honolulu (檀香山 Tánxiāngshān), Waikiki Beach, and Pearl Harbor (珍珠港 Zhēnzhūgǎng). The name is a phonetic transliteration: 瓦 (wǎ) for 'O', 胡 (hú) for '-ahu', plus 岛 (dǎo 'island') as a category suffix added to many Chinese island names.

Stroke Order

瓦 wǎ

胡 hú

岛 dǎo