| 阿留申群岛 |
Ā liú shēn Qún dǎo |
Aleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka) |
| 阿 |
ā |
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗 "Afghanistan" |
| 阿 |
ē |
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with |
| 留 |
liú |
old variant of 留 |
| 留 |
liú |
to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve |
| 留 |
liú |
old variant of 留 |
| 申 |
Shēn |
old name for Shanghai 上海 / surname Shen |
| 申 |
shēn |
to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240° |
| 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 |