국어

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 國語, from 國 (“country”) + 語 (“language”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kuɡʌ̹]
    • Audio:(file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [구거]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gugeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gug'eo
McCune–Reischauer?kugŏ
Yale Romanization?kwuk.e

Noun

국어 • (gugeo) (hanja 國語)

  1. national language
  2. one's native language
  3. (in Korea, specifically) the Korean language
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:한국어
  4. (in China) Guoyu (name of Chinese Mandarin (language) in Taiwan)

Derived terms

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