Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 採用.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰɛ(ː)joŋ] ~ [ˈt͡ɕʰe̞(ː)joŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chaeyong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chaeyong
McCune–Reischauer?ch'aeyong
Yale Romanization?chāyyong

Noun

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채용 (chaeyong) (hanja 採用)

  1. recruitment
  2. employment

Derived terms

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