서북

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 西北 (“northwest”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹buk̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [서북]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seobuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seobug
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏbuk
Yale Romanization?	sepuk

Noun

서북 • (seobuk) (hanja 西北)

1. northwest

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

서북(西北) (seobuk) 북서(北西) (bukseo)	북(北) (buk)	동북(東北) (dongbuk) 북동(北東) (bukdong)
서(西) (seo)		동(東) (dong)
서남(西南) (seonam) 남서(南西) (namseo)	남(南) (nam)	동남(東南) (dongnam) 남동(南東) (namdong)