교화소

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 敎化所.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkjo(ː)βwa̠sʰo̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [교(ː)화소]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, the great majority of speakers (in both Koreas) no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gyohwaso
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gyohwaso
McCune–Reischauer?kyohwaso
Yale Romanization?kyōhwaso

Noun

교화소 • (gyohwaso) (hanja 敎化所)

  1. (North Korea) prison, re-education camp
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