녹화사업

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 綠化 (forestation; greening) + 事業 (project).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈno̞(ː)kʰwa̠sʰa̠ʌ̹p̚]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?Nokhwasa'eop
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?Noghwasa'eob
    McCune–Reischauer?Nokhwasaŏp
    Yale Romanization?nōk.hwasaep

    Noun

    녹화사업 • (nokhwasa'eop) (hanja 綠化事業)

    1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 녹화(綠化) (nokhwa),‎ 사업(事業) (sa'eop).

    Proper noun

    녹화사업 • (Nokhwasa'eop) (hanja 綠化事業)

    1. (historical, euphemistic) forcible conscription of university students to spy on their anti-government peer activists during the Fifth Republic of Korea