구국

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 救國.

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	guguk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gugug
McCune–Reischauer?	kuguk
Yale Romanization?	kwūkwuk

Noun

구국 • (guguk) (hanja 救國)

1. rescuing the country; saving the nation

Derived terms

• 구국(救國)하다 (gugukhada)