상원의원

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 上院議員, from 上院 (“senate; upper house”) + 議員 (“member of a parliament or assembly”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)ŋwʌ̹nɰiwʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [상(ː)워늬원]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sang'wonuiwon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sang'won'uiwon
McCune–Reischauer?sangwŏnŭiwŏn
Yale Romanization?sāngwen.uywen

Noun

상원의원 • (sang'wonuiwon) (hanja 上院議員)

  1. member of the upper house, senator
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