Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 世界 + .

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡje̞βwa̠] ~ [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡe̞βwa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?segyehwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?segyehwa
McCune–Reischauer?segyehwa
Yale Romanization?sēykyeyhwa

Noun

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세계화 (segyehwa) (hanja 世界化)

  1. globalization

Derived terms

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