Korean edit

Etymology edit

사무(事務) (samu, office work) +‎ 직원(職員) (jigwon, employee)

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)mud͡ʑiɡwʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?samujigwon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?samujig'won
McCune–Reischauer?samujigwŏn
Yale Romanization?sāmucik.wen

Noun edit

사무직원 (samujigwon) (hanja 事務職員)

  1. office worker

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