烏托邦
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See also: 乌托邦
Chinese
[edit]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 | ||
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trad. (烏托邦) | 烏 | 托 | 邦 | |
simp. (乌托邦) | 乌 | 托 | 邦 | |
Literally: “void fictitious country”. |
Etymology
[edit]Phono-semantic matching of English utopia. Coined by Chinese translator Yan Fu.
Pronunciation
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- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]烏托邦