사회공포증

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 사회(社會) (sahoe, society) + 공포증(恐怖症) (gongpojeung, phobia).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠βwe̞ɡo̞(ː)ŋpʰo̞t͡ɕ͈ɯŋ] ~ [sʰa̠ɦø̞ɡo̞(ː)ŋpʰo̞t͡ɕ͈ɯŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sahoegongpojeung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sahoegongpojeung
McCune–Reischauer?sahoegongp'ochŭng
Yale Romanization?sahoykōngphoqcung

Noun

사회공포증 • (sahoegongpojeung) (hanja 社會恐怖症)

  1. social anxiety disorder; social anxiety; social phobia