회원

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 會員, from 會 (“gathering”) + 員 (“persons”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɸwe̞(ː)wʌ̹n] ~ [ˈhø̞(ː)wʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [훼(ː)원/회(ː)원]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hoewon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hoewon
McCune–Reischauer?hoewŏn
Yale Romanization?hōywen

Noun

회원 • (hoewon) (hanja 會員)

  1. member; members
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