외국인

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 外國人, from 外國 (“foreign country”) + 人 (“person”).

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

Noun

외국인 • (oegugin) (hanja 外國人)

  1. a foreigner or foreigners, especially European.
    Synonym: (less common) 외인(外人) (oein, “foreigner; alien”)
    • 2014, Four Bars, “Foreigner”, in Sorry, I was drunk: Random ramblings about life and stuff.‎ (in English), BlogSpot, archived from the original on 17 April 2015:
      I don't like the way Koreans use the word "외국인." Despite what it means in the dictionary, in [South] Korea "foreigner" has definite racial connotations. Foreigner is almost synonymous with white people.
  2. a person who is not of ethnic Korean ancestry

See also
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