烏托邦

See also: 乌托邦

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	to hold in one's hand; to entrust; to support in one's palm	a state; country or nation
trad. (烏托邦)		烏	托	邦
simp. (乌托邦)		乌	托	邦
Literally: “void fictitious country”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English utopia. Coined by Chinese translator Yan Fu.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wūtuōbāng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄊㄨㄛㄅㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ tok³ bong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wūtuōbāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄊㄨㄛㄅㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wutuobang
  - Wade–Giles: wu¹-tʻo¹-pang¹
  - Yale: wū-twō-bāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: utuobang
  - Palladius: утобан (utoban)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu¹ tok³ bong¹
  - Yale: wū tok bōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ tok⁸ bong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ tog³ bong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ tʰɔːk̚³ pɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

烏托邦

utopia

Synonyms

理想鄉／理想乡 (lǐxiǎngxiāng)
無何有之鄉／无何有之乡 (wúhéyǒuzhīxiāng)

Derived terms

反烏托邦／反乌托邦 (fǎn wūtuōbāng)
烏托邦平原／乌托邦平原 (Wūtuōbāng Píngyuán)

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