외국

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 外國, from 外 (“outside”) + 國 (“country”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈwe̞(ː)ɡuk̚] ~ [ˈø̞(ː)ɡuk̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [웨(ː)국/외(ː)국]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?oeguk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?oegug
McCune–Reischauer?oeguk
Yale Romanization?ōykwuk

Noun

외국 • (oeguk) (hanja 外國)

  1. a foreign country

Derived terms
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