우편국

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 郵便局, from 郵便 (“sending by mail”) + 局 (“office”)

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?upyeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?upyeongug
McCune–Reischauer?up'yŏn'guk
Yale Romanization?wu.phyenkwuk

Noun

우편국 • (upyeon'guk) (hanja 郵便局)

  1. (North Korea) post office
    우편국이 어디입니까?
    Upyeon'gug-i eodi-imnikka?
    Where is the post-office?

Synonyms

  • 우체국 (ucheguk, “post office”) (chiefly South Korea)
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