선수촌

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 選手村, from 選手 (“player”) + 村 (“village”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)nsʰut͡ɕʰo̞n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [선(ː)수촌]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seonsuchon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seonsuchon
McCune–Reischauer?sŏnsuch'on
Yale Romanization?sēnswu.chon

Noun

선수촌 • (seonsuchon) (hanja 選手村)

  1. Olympic village
    태릉국가대표선수촌
    taereunggukgadaepyoseonsuchon
    Taereung Olympic village

Synonyms

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