협서

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 陜西, from a misreading of the hanja 陝 (seom) for the visually nearly identical 陜 (hyeop).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Hyeopseo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Hyeobseo
McCune–Reischauer?Hyŏpsŏ
Yale Romanization?hyep.se

Proper noun

협서 • (Hyeopseo) (hanja 陜西)

  1. (proscribed) nonstandard form of 섬서(陝西) (Seomseo, “Shaanxi (a province of China)”)

Usage notes

This form most commonly appears in wuxia novels.

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