북괴

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 北傀, from 北 (“North (Korea)”) + 傀 (“puppet”), implying that North Korea is a puppet government of the Soviet Union or Communist China.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [puk̚k͈we̞] ~ [puk̚k͈ø̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [북꿰/북꾀]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bukgoe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?buggoe
McCune–Reischauer?pukkoe
Yale Romanization?puk.koy

Proper noun

북괴 • (Bukgoe) (hanja 北傀)

  1. (South Korea, derogatory) the north puppet regime, i.e. North Korea

Derived terms

  • 북괴기 (bukgoegi) (the North Korean flag, also used until the 1980's)

See also

  • 괴뢰 (goeroe) (North Korean term towards South Korea)
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