강원도 포수
Korean
editEtymology
editLiterally "Gangwon poacher". Gangwon Province is very mountainous, and poachers sent to hunt tigers there were sometimes lost in the mountains and never found again.
Pronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ka̠ŋwʌ̹ndo̞ pʰo̞(ː)sʰu]
- Phonetic hangul: [강원도 포(ː)수]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | Gang'wondo posu |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | Gang'wondo posu |
McCune–Reischauer? | Kangwŏndo p'osu |
Yale Romanization? | kangwento phōswu |