여자친구

Korean

Alternative forms
  • 녀자친구 (nyeojachin'gu) (North Korea)

Etymology

Calque of English girlfriend. Sino-Korean word from 女子親舊, from 女子 (“female”) + 親舊 (“friend”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [jʌ̹d͡ʑa̠t͡ɕʰinɡu]
  • Phonetic hangul: [여자친구]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeojachin'gu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeojachingu
McCune–Reischauer?yŏjach'in'gu
Yale Romanization?yeca.chinkwu

Noun

여자친구 • (yeojachin'gu) (hanja 女子親舊)

  1. girlfriend
    Synonyms: 여친 (yeochin), (dated) 걸프렌드 (geolpeurendeu)
    Coordinate terms: 남자친구 (namjachin'gu), 남친 (namchin)
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