Hàn Quốc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 韓國, from Korean 한국 (Han'guk); see further notes there. In Vietnam, this name was adopted in 1994 by the request of South Korea, whose position is that Triều Tiên (Joseon) is not the preferred term as it is associated with North Korea.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [haːn˨˩ kuək̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [haːŋ˦˩ kuək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [haːŋ˨˩ wək̚˦˥]

Proper noun

Hàn Quốc

  1. South Korea (a country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula; official name: Đại Hàn Dân Quốc (Republic of Korea))
    Synonyms: (previously North Vietnam) Nam Triều Tiên, (Overseas Vietnamese, previously South Vietnam) Nam Hàn

Adjective

Hàn Quốc

  1. South Korean
    Synonyms: Hàn, Nam Hàn

See also

References

  1. ^ “Sông Hán và Hàn Quốc [The Han river and South Korea (Hanguk)]”, in PetroTimes[1], 10 December 2012, retrieved 5 August 2021