노환

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 로환 (rohwan) (North Korea)

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 老患

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈno̞(ː)βwa̠n]
    • Phonetic hangul: [노(ː)환]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?nohwan
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?nohwan
    McCune–Reischauer?nohwan
    Yale Romanization?nōhwan

    Noun

    노환 • (nohwan) (hanja 老患)

    1. the infirmities of old age
      노환으로 죽다
      nohwan-euro jukda
      to die of old age

    See also

    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.