소중화
Korean
editEtymology
editSino-Korean word from 小中華, from 小 (“little”) + 中華 (“China”)
Pronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰo̞(ː)d͡ʑuŋβwa̠]
- Phonetic hangul: [소(ː)중화]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | sojunghwa |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sojunghwa |
McCune–Reischauer? | sojunghwa |
Yale Romanization? | sōcwunghwa |
Noun
edit- (historical) a non-Chinese country which had nonetheless attained the heights of Chinese civilization
- (in particular) Korea after the Manchu conquest of China, as Koreans believed themselves to have inherited Ming civilization