| 西南中沙群岛 |
Xī Nán Zhōng shā Qún dǎo |
Paracel, Spratly, and Zhongsha Islands, in the South China Sea, whose ownership is disputed between numerous claimants |
| 西 |
Xī |
the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish |
| 西 |
xī |
west |
| 西南 |
xī nán |
southwest |
| 南 |
Nán |
surname Nan |
| 南 |
nā |
used in 南无 / Taiwan pr. [na2] |
| 南 |
nán |
south |
| 中 |
Zhōng |
(bound form) China; Chinese / surname Zhong |
| 中 |
zhōng |
within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right |
| 中 |
zhòng |
to hit (a target) / to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc) / to win (a prize or lottery) |
| 中沙群岛 |
Zhōng shā Qún dǎo |
Zhongsha Islands, series of reefs in the South China Sea, whose ownership is disputed between China, the Philippines, and Taiwan |
| 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 |