Japan is an island country.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
岛国
island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 岛国 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 岛国 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Taiwan is an island nation.
Japan and Britain are island countries.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 岛国.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 岛国.
Directly before
- 一个岛国2
- 太平洋岛国1
- 的岛国1
- 是岛国1
Directly after
- 岛国正1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 岛国
What does 岛国 mean in Chinese?
岛国 (dǎoguó) means island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan).
How do you pronounce 岛国?
岛国 is pronounced dǎoguó.
Is 岛国 an HSK word?
岛国 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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