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): ㄨ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄅㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ tok³ bong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūtuōbāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄅㄤ
    • 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

1. 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)