성진국

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 性 (“sexual”) + 進 (“advanced”) + 國 (“country”), coined due to the phonetic similarity with 선진국 (先進國, seonjin'guk, “developed country”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋd͡ʑinɡuk̚]
Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)진국]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	seongjin'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	seongjingug
McCune–Reischauer^?	sŏngjin'guk
Yale Romanization^?	sēngcinkwuk

Proper noun

성진국 • (Seongjin'guk) (hanja 性進國)

(humorous, slang, neologism, possibly offensive) Japan

Noun

성진국 • (seongjin'guk) (hanja 性進國)

(humorous, slang, neologism) any country whose culture is perceived to be sexually open