구어체

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 口語 (“colloquial language”) + 體 (“form”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈku(ː)ʌ̹t͡ɕʰe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [구(ː)어체]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gueoche
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gueoche
McCune–Reischauer?kuŏch'e
Yale Romanization?kwūe.chey

Noun

구어체 • (gueoche) (hanja 口語體)

  1. (linguistics) colloquial style, colloquialism, conversational form of language
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