협서

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 陜西, from a misreading of the hanja 陝 (seom) for the visually nearly identical 陜 (hyeop).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?Hyeopseo
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?Hyeobseo
    McCune–Reischauer?Hyŏpsŏ
    Yale Romanization?hyep.se

    Proper noun

    협서 • (Hyeopseo) (hanja 陜西)

    1. (proscribed) nonstandard form of 섬서(陝西) (Seomseo, “Shaanxi (a province of China)”)

    Usage notes

    This form most commonly appears in wuxia novels.

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