粵

孤gu1島dou2

simp孤岛
gu1 dou2gū dǎo

English

  1. isolated island
  2. isolated island ----
  3. metaphor for isolated place

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺海上獨立嘅小島,周圍冇其他島
  2. 比喻周圍咩都冇嘅地方

Examples

  • 青馬大橋一有問題就搞到東涌好似孤島噉。

    When there is some disruption to the Tsing Ma Bridge, Tsing Yi becomes a lone island.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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