망부석

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 望夫石, from 望 (“gaze”) + 夫 (“husband”) + 石 (“rock”).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈma̠(ː)ŋbusʰʌ̹k̚]
    • Phonetic hangul: [망(ː)부석]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?mangbuseok
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?mangbuseog
    McCune–Reischauer?mangbusŏk
    Yale Romanization?māngpusek

    Noun

    망부석 • (mangbuseok) (hanja 望夫石)

    1. Mong Fu Shek
    2. (either a location where a faithful wife was transformed into stone while waiting for her husband to return, or the stone itself, where the wife waited)
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