국어

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 國語, from 國 (“country”) + 語 (“language”)

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key)[kuɡʌ̹]
  • Phonetic Hangul[구거]
Revised Romanization? gugeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)? gug-eo
McCune–Reischauer? kugŏ
Yale Romanization? kwuk.e

Noun

국어 • (gugeo) (hanja 國語)

  1. national language
  2. one's native language
  3. (in Korea, specifically) the Korean language
    국어사전 ― gugeosajeon ― dictionary of the national language; Korean dictionary
  4. (in China) Guoyu (name of Chinese Mandarin (language) in Taiwan)

Synonyms
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