고속 도로

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 고속(高速) (gosok, “high speed”) + 도로(道路) (doro, “road”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ko̞sʰo̞k̚ to̞(ː)ɾo̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [고속 도(ː)로]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gosok doro
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gosog dolo
McCune–Reischauer?kosok toro
Yale Romanization?kosok tōlo

Noun

고속 도로 • (gosok doro) (hanja 高速道路)

  1. highway, expressway, freeway
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