乌托邦

烏托邦

wūtuōbāng

noun #13,553

Measure Word

一个乌托邦 gè

Meanings

1 utopia
2 an ideal but unrealizable society

Characters

Examples

他的计划听起来像是乌托邦。

tā de jìhuà tīng qǐlái xiàng shì wūtuōbāng.

His plan sounds like a utopia.

Tips

history

A phonetic loanword from English 'utopia', which itself comes from Thomas More's 1516 book. The Chinese characters 乌托邦 carry no independent meaning — they are purely phonetic.

Stroke Order

乌 wū

托 tuō

邦 bāng