양옥

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 洋 (“west”) + 屋 (“style, type”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠ŋo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [양옥]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yang'ok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yang'og
McCune–Reischauer?	yangok
Yale Romanization?	yangok

Noun

양옥 • (yang'ok) (hanja 洋屋)

1. (architecture) Western-style house

   Synonym: 양옥(洋屋)집 (yang'okjip)

   Antonym: 한옥(韓屋) (hanok)