Hàn Quốc

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 韓國, from Korean 한국 (Han'guk); see further notes there. In Vietnam, this name was adopted in 1994 by the request of South Korea, whose position is that Triều Tiên (Joseon) is not the preferred term as it is associated with North Korea.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [haːn˨˩ kuək̚˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [haːŋ˦˩ kuək̚˦˧˥]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [haːŋ˨˩ wək̚˦˥]

    Proper noun

    Hàn Quốc

    1. South Korea (a country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula; official name: Đại Hàn Dân Quốc (Republic of Korea))
      Synonyms: (previously North Vietnam) Nam Triều Tiên, (Overseas Vietnamese, previously South Vietnam) Nam Hàn

    Adjective

    Hàn Quốc

    1. South Korean
      Synonyms: Hàn, Nam Hàn

    See also

    References

    1. ^ “Sông Hán và Hàn Quốc [The Han river and South Korea (Hanguk)]”, in PetroTimes[1], 10 December 2012, retrieved 5 August 2021