반공

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 反共, with 共 as an abbreviation for 공산주의 (共産主義, gongsanjuui, “communism”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈpa̠(ː)nɡo̞ŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [반(ː)공]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	ban'gong
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	bangong
McCune–Reischauer^?	pan'gong
Yale Romanization^?	pānkong

Noun

반공 • (ban'gong) (hanja 反共)

anticommunist
미국 사람과 남한 사람은 반공 의식이 강하다.
miguk saramgwa namhan sarameun ban'gong uisigi ganghada.
Americans and South Koreans are highly anti-communist.
- 1961, broadcasting during the May 16 coup:
  군사 혁명 위원회 는 첫째, 반공을 국시 의 제일의로 삼고, 지금 까지 형식 적 이 고 구호 에 만 그친 반공 태세를 재 정비·강화 할 것 입니다.
  gunsa hyeongmyeong wiwonhoe-neun cheotjjae, ban'gong-eul guksi-ui jeirui-ro samgo, jigeum-kkaji hyeongsikjeogi-go guho-eman geuchin ban'gong taese-reul jaejeongbi·ganghwahal geosimnida.
  The Military Revolutionary Committee will, first, make anti-communism our supreme national ideal, and to improve and reorganize our anti-communist preparedness that is currently only limited to symbolic slogans.

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