검찰청

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 檢察廳 (“the public prosecutor's office”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɘ(ː)mt͡ɕʰa̠ʎt͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [검(ː)찰청]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geomchalcheong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geomchalcheong
McCune–Reischauer?kŏmch'alch'ŏng
Yale Romanization?kēmchalcheng

Noun

검찰청 • (geomchalcheong) (hanja 檢察廳)

  1. the public prosecutor's office
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