伍德斯托克 (Wǔdésītuōkè): Woodstock — refers most promine…

Meanings

1 Woodstock — refers most prominently to the 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Fair, the legendary three-day festival in Bethel, New York that defined the 1960s counterculture; also the town in upstate New York and the Peanuts character (Snoopy's bird friend)

Characters

伍

wǔ

five (formal); company (transliteration char)

德

dé

virtue (transliteration char)

斯

sī

this (classical, transliteration char)

托

tuō

to entrust (transliteration char)

克

kè

to overcome (transliteration char)

Examples

1969年的伍德斯托克音乐节是摇滚史上的传奇。

Yī jiǔ liù jiǔ nián de Wǔdésītuōkè yīnyuèjié shì yáogǔn shǐ shàng de chuánqí.

The 1969 Woodstock festival is a legend in rock-and-roll history.

他从来没有错过任何一届伍德斯托克纪念活动。

Tā cónglái méiyǒu cuòguò rènhé yí jiè Wǔdésītuōkè jìniàn huódòng.

He has never missed any Woodstock anniversary event.

Tips

history

Phonetic transliteration of 'Woodstock' — 伍德 (Wǔdé) for 'Wood-' and 斯托克 (sītuōkè) for '-stock'. The 1969 festival drew about 400,000 attendees and featured Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, and Santana, among others. The brand has been revived for anniversary festivals in 1994, 1999, and 2019, with the 1999 edition becoming notorious for riots and fires.

culture

In Chinese music writing, 伍德斯托克 has become shorthand for any large countercultural music gathering. Domestic Chinese festivals like 迷笛 (Midi) are sometimes described as '中国的伍德斯托克'.