목격자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 目擊者, from 目擊 (“witnessing”) + 者 (“-er”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞k̚k͈jʌ̹k̚t͡ɕ͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [목껵짜]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mokgyeokja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	moggyeogja
McCune–Reischauer?	mokkyŏkcha
Yale Romanization?	mok.kyekca

Noun

목격자 • (mokgyeokja) (hanja 目擊者)

1. witness

   경찰은 목격자를 찾기 위한 노력으로, 많은 탐문 수사를 했다.

   Gyeongchar-eun mokgyeokja-reul chatgi wihan noryeog-euro, maneun tammun susa-reul haetda.

   The police did a lot of legwork in an effort to find an eyewitness.