기지촌

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 기지(基地) (giji, “base”) + 촌(村) (chon, “village”)

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gijichon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gijichon
McCune–Reischauer?	kijich'on
Yale Romanization?	kici.chon

Noun

기지촌 • (gijichon) (hanja 基地村)

1. gijichon; camptown

Descendants

• → English: gijichon, kijich'on, kijichon
• → English: camptown (calque)
• → Chinese: 基地村 (jīdìcūn)
• → Japanese: 基地村(きちそん) (kichison), 基地村(きちむら) (kichi-mura)