초등학교

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 初等 (“primary”) + 學校 (“school”). Calque of English primary school.

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰo̞dɯŋɦa̠k̚k͈jo]
    • Phonetic hangul: [초등학꾜]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?chodeunghakgyo
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?chodeunghaggyo
    McCune–Reischauer?ch'odŭnghakkyo
    Yale Romanization?chotunghak.kyo

    Noun

    초등학교 • (chodeunghakgyo) (hanja 初等學校)

    1. elementary school, primary school
      Synonyms: (before 1996) 국민학교(國民學校) (gungminhakgyo), (historical; in North Korea or Japan) 소학교(小學校) (sohakgyo)
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