| 南沙群岛 |
Nán shā Qún dǎo |
Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea, whose ownership is disputed between Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam |
| 南 |
Nán |
surname Nan |
| 南 |
nā |
used in 南无 / Taiwan pr. [na2] |
| 南 |
nán |
south |
| 南沙 |
Nán shā |
see 南沙群岛 / see 南沙区 |
| 沙 |
Shā |
surname Sha |
| 沙 |
shā |
granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒 / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia |
| 沙 |
shà |
(dialect) to sift; to sieve |
| 群 |
qún |
variant of 群 |
| 群 |
qún |
group / crowd / flock, herd, pack etc |
| 群岛 |
qún dǎo |
group of islands / archipelago |
| 岛 |
dǎo |
variant of 岛 |
| 岛 |
dǎo |
island / CL:个,座 |