상민
Korean edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Korean word from 常民 (“commoner”).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)ŋmin]
- Phonetic hangul: [상(ː)민]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | sangmin |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sangmin |
| McCune–Reischauer? | sangmin |
| Yale Romanization? | sāngmin |
Proper noun edit
- commoner
- (historical, in particular) a member of the commoner class of the Joseon caste system who were not systematically discriminated