간첩

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 間諜

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈka̠(ː)ɲt͡ɕʰʌ̹p̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [간(ː)첩]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gancheop
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gancheob
McCune–Reischauer?kanch'ŏp
Yale Romanization?kān.chep

Noun

간첩 • (gancheop) (hanja 間諜)

  1. spy; secret agent

Synonyms

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