국어

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 國語, from 國 (“country”) + 語 (“language”)

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kuɡʌ̹]
      • Audio:(file)
    • Phonetic hangul: [구거]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?gugeo
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?gug'eo
    McCune–Reischauer?kugŏ
    Yale Romanization?kwuk.e

    Noun

    국어 • (gugeo) (hanja 國語)

    1. national language
    2. one's native language
    3. (in Korea, specifically) the Korean language
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:한국어
    4. (in China) Guoyu (name of Chinese Mandarin (language) in Taiwan)

    Derived terms

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