서북청년회

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 西北 (“northwestern”) + 靑年 (“youth”) + 會 (“association”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)buk̚t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋɲʌ̹nβwe̞] ~ [ˈsʰɘ(ː)buk̚t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋɲʌ̹nɦø̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [서(ː)북청년훼/서(ː)북청년회]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Seobukcheongnyeonhoe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Seobugcheongnyeonhoe
McCune–Reischauer?	Sŏbukch'ŏngnyŏnhoe
Yale Romanization?	sēpukchengnyen.hoy

Proper noun

서북청년회 • (Seobukcheongnyeonhoe) (hanja 西北靑年會)

1. (historical) the North-West Youth Association; an anticommunist organization in South Korea known for perpetrating massacre during the Jeju uprising