냉전

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 랭전 (冷戰, Raengjeon) (North Korea, Yanbian dialect)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 冷戰, from 冷 (“cold”) + 戰 (“war”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈnɛ(ː)ŋd͡ʑʌ̹n] ~ [ˈne̞(ː)ŋd͡ʑʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [냉(ː)전/넹(ː)전]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?naengjeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?naengjeon
McCune–Reischauer?naengjŏn
Yale Romanization?nāyngcen

Proper noun

냉전 • (Naengjeon) (hanja 冷戰)

  1. Cold War
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