남반구

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 南半球.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈna̠(ː)mba̠nɡu]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?namban'gu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nambangu
McCune–Reischauer?namban'gu
Yale Romanization?nāmpankwu

Proper noun

남반구 • (Namban'gu) (hanja 南半球)

  1. Southern Hemisphere (the hemisphere in Earth to the south of the Equator, containing only about 10% of the total land area on Earth)