羅德島

简 罗德岛 · 繁 羅德島
Mandarin · pinyin Luó dé Dǎo

Meanings

  1. Rhode Island, US state
  2. Rhodes, an island of Greece
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

羅
Look up this written character
德
dé · ethics, morality, virtue
島
Look up this written character
罗
luó · net for catching birds; gauze
岛
dǎo · island
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–2–3 · Luo2 de2 Dao3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character links1same-tone record
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

羅德島 · find source passages ↗ · 罗德岛 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

name

  1. (~州) (Taiwan) Rhode Island (the smallest state of the United States)

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack