광역시

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 廣域市, from 廣 (“wide”) + 域 (“district”) + 市 (“city”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈkwa̠(ː)ŋjʌ̹kɕ͈i]
• Phonetic hangul: [광(ː)역씨]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gwang'yeoksi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gwang'yeogsi
McCune–Reischauer?	kwangyŏksi
Yale Romanization?	kwāngyek.si

Noun

광역시 • (gwang'yeoksi) (hanja 廣域市)

1. metropolitan city

   부산 광역시 ― Busan gwang'yeoksi ― Busan Metropolitan City