노환

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 로환 (rohwan) (North Korea)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 老患

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈno̞(ː)βwa̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [노(ː)환]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nohwan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nohwan
McCune–Reischauer?nohwan
Yale Romanization?nōhwan

Noun

노환 • (nohwan) (hanja 老患)

  1. the infirmities of old age
    노환으로 죽다
    nohwan-euro jukda
    to die of old age

See also

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