사회보험

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 사회(社會) (sahoe, “society”) + 보험(保險) (boheom, “insurance”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠βwe̞bo̞(ː)ɦʌ̹m] ~ [sʰa̠ɦø̞bo̞(ː)ɦʌ̹m]
  • Phonetic hangul: [사훼보(ː)험/사회보(ː)험]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sahoeboheom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sahoeboheom
McCune–Reischauer?sahoebohŏm
Yale Romanization?sahoypōhem

Noun

사회보험 • (sahoeboheom) (hanja 社會保險)

  1. social insurance
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