수에즈 운하

Korean

Etymology

From 수에즈 (Suejeu, “Suez”) +‎ 운하(運河) (unha, “canal”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰue̞d͡ʑɯ u(ː)nɦa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [수에즈 운(ː)하]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Suejeu unha
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Suejeu unha
McCune–Reischauer?Suejŭ unha
Yale Romanization?swueycu wūn.ha
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 수에즈 운하의 / 수에즈 운하에 / 수에즈 운하까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Proper noun

수에즈 운하 • (Suejeu unha)

  1. Suez Canal (a canal in Egypt)
    나는 수에즈 운하에서 배가 지나가는걸 봤다.
    Naneun suejeu unhaeseo baega jinaganeun'geol bwatda.
    I saw a ship passing the Suez Canal.
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