Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 上院議員, from 上院 (senate; upper house) + 議員 (member of a parliament or assembly).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)ŋwʌ̹nɰiwʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sang'wonuiwon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sang'won'uiwon
McCune–Reischauer?sangwŏnŭiwŏn
Yale Romanization?sāngwen.uywen

Noun edit

상원의원 (sang'wonuiwon) (hanja 上院議員)

  1. member of the upper house, senator