회원국

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 회원(會員) (hoewon) + 국(國) (guk).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɸwe̞(ː)wʌ̹nɡuk̚] ~ [ˈhø̞(ː)wʌ̹nɡuk̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hoewon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hoewongug
McCune–Reischauer?hoewŏn'guk
Yale Romanization?hōywenkwuk

Noun

회원국 • (hoewon'guk) (hanja 會員國)

  1. member country, member state