| 流球群岛 |
Liú qiú Qún dǎo |
the Ryukyu or Luchu Islands (including Okinawa) |
| 流 |
liú |
to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade |
| 流球 |
Liú qiú |
variant of 琉球, Ryūkyū, e.g. the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群岛 stretching from Japan to Taiwan |
| 球 |
qiú |
ball used for playing games (variant of 球) |
| 球 |
qiú |
ball / sphere / globe / CL:个 / ball game / match / CL:场 |
| 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 |