아리수
Korean edit
Etymology edit
From Sino-Korean hanja 阿利水, whose exact referent is being sharply debated.
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [a̠ɾisʰu]
- Phonetic hangul: [아리수]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | arisu |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | alisu |
| McCune–Reischauer? | arisu |
| Yale Romanization? | aliswu |
Noun edit
아리수 • (arisu)
- alleged on the one hand to be the earlier name of 한강 (漢江, han'gang, “Han River”) that flows through Seoul to the west[1]
- alleged on the other to be the earlier name of 압록강 (鴨綠江, amnokgang, “Yalu River”) that flows between Manchuria and the Korean peninsular to the west[2]