정책

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 政策 (policy), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 政策(せいさく) (seisaku)

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋt͡ɕʰɛk̚] ~ [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋt͡ɕʰe̞k̚]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?jeongchaek
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongchaeg
    McCune–Reischauer?chŏngch'aek
    Yale Romanization?cēngchayk

    Noun

    정책 • (jeongchaek) (hanja 政策)

    1. policy