전국

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 全國

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongug
McCune–Reischauer?chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization?cenkwuk

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk) (hanja 全國)

  1. the whole land making up a country

Etymology 2

전 (全, jeon) + 국 (guk)

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongug
McCune–Reischauer?chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization?cenkwuk

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk)

  1. thick soy sauce, undiluted liquor

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 全局

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongug
McCune–Reischauer?chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization?cenkwuk

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk) (hanja 全局)

  1. overall situation

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 戰局

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)nɡuk̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [전(ː)국]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongug
McCune–Reischauer?chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization?cēnkwuk

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk) (hanja 戰局)

  1. progress of the war, battle, game

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 戰國

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongug
McCune–Reischauer?chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization?cenkwuk

Proper noun

전국 • (Jeon'guk) (hanja 戰國)

  1. (historical) Warring States period in Chinese history

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk) (hanja 戰國)

  1. (figuratively) a difficult, battling situation

Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 錢局

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)nɡuk̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [전(ː)국]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongug
McCune–Reischauer?chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization?cēnkwuk

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk) (hanja 錢局)

  1. (historical) money farm or private bank in ancient China which deals in currency exchange
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