理想鄉

理想鄉

Chinese

		ideal; dream; theory	country; village
trad. (理想鄉)		理想	鄉
simp. (理想乡)		理想	乡

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 理 (り)想 (そう)郷 (きょう) (risōkyō), from 理 (り)想 (そう) (risō, “ideal”) + 郷 (きょう) (kyō, “land”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐxiǎngxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ soeng² hoeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǐxiǎngxiāng [Phonetic: líxiǎngxiāng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liisheangshiang
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐsiǎngsiang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕjɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ soeng² hoeng¹
    • Yale: léih séung hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ soeng² hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ sêng² hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ sœ̽ːŋ³⁵ hœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

理想鄉

1. (obsolete) utopia

Synonyms

• 烏托邦／乌托邦 (wūtuōbāng)
• 無何有之鄉／无何有之乡 (wúhéyǒuzhīxiāng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
理	想	鄉
り Grade: 2	そう Grade: 3	きょう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

理想鄉 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 理想郷, hiragana りそうきょう, rōmaji risōkyō)

1. Kyūjitai form of 理想郷: utopia