복지국가

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 福祉國家, from 福祉 (“welfare”) + 國家 (“country; state”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpo̞(ː)k̚t͡ɕ͈iɡuk̚k͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [복(ː)찌국까]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bokjigukga
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bogjigugga
McCune–Reischauer?pokchigukka
Yale Romanization?pōkcikwuk.ka

Noun

복지국가 • (bokjigukga) (hanja 福祉國家)

  1. welfare state
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