Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 口語 (colloquial language) + (form).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈku(ː)ʌ̹t͡ɕʰe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gueoche
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gueoche
McCune–Reischauer?kuŏch'e
Yale Romanization?kwūe.chey

Noun edit

구어체 (gueoche) (hanja 口語體)

  1. (linguistics) colloquial style, colloquialism, conversational form of language