Etymology

Haidao

Hai·dao
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Today it means: An insular township of Xiapu, Ningde, Fujian, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 海島 /海岛
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from海島 /海岛
  2. English todayHaidao

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 海島 /海岛 (Hǎidǎo, literally “islands in the sea”).

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