노동

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 勞動 (labor), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 労働(ろうどう) (rōdō).[1]

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nodong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nodong
McCune–Reischauer?nodong
Yale Romanization?notong
South Korean
Standard Language
노동(勞動) (nodong)
North Korean
Standard Language
로동(勞動) (rodong)

Noun

노동 • (nodong) (hanja 勞動)

  1. labor, especially industrial

Derived terms

verbs
  • 노동(勞動)하다 (nodonghada)
nouns

References

  1. ^ Shū Zhìtián (2004), 近代漢語の日中貸借対照研究, Kanji Bunkaken Kindaigo Kenkyukai 4, Kansai University.[1]