Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 語彙 (vocabulary) + (field).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɘ(ː)ɦɥid͡ʑa̠ŋ] ~ [ˈɘ(ː)ɦyd͡ʑa̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eohwijang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eohwijang
McCune–Reischauer?ŏhwijang
Yale Romanization?ēhwicang

Noun edit

어휘장 (eohwijang) (hanja 語彙場)

  1. (linguistics, translation studies) semantic field, lexical field (group of words relating to the same subject)