개장

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 開場, from 開 (“opening”) + 場 (“grounds”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kɛd͡ʑa̠ŋ] ~ [ke̞d͡ʑa̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [개장/게장]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaejang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaejang
McCune–Reischauer?kaejang
Yale Romanization?kaycang

Noun

개장 • (gaejang) (hanja 開場)

  1. opening of a location, session, etc.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From 개 (gae, “dog”) + 장 (醬, jang, “sauce”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɛ(ː)d͡ʑa̠ŋ] ~ [ˈke̞(ː)d͡ʑa̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [개(ː)장/게(ː)장]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaejang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaejang
McCune–Reischauer?kaejang
Yale Romanization?kāycang

Noun

개장 • (gaejang) (hanja 개醬)

  1. (Yanbian, Koryo-mar) Bosintang, a traditional dog-meat soup.
    Synonym: 개장국 (gaejangguk)
Derived terms
See also
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