구국

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 救國.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈku(ː)ɡuk̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [구(ː)국]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?guguk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gugug
McCune–Reischauer?kuguk
Yale Romanization?kwūkwuk

Noun

구국 • (guguk) (hanja 救國)

  1. rescuing the country; saving the nation

Derived terms

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