헬조선

Korean

Etymology

A compound word of English word hell + Sino-Korean word from 朝鮮 (“an old word for Korea, but used in a derogatory sense for South Korea”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[he̞ɭd͡ʑo̞sʰʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic Hangul[헬조선]
Revised Romanization? heljoseon
Revised Romanization (translit.)? heljoseon
McCune–Reischauer? heljosŏn
Yale Romanization? heylcosen

Proper noun

헬조선 • (Heljoseon) (hanja 헬朝鮮)

  1. (neologism, derogatory) South Korea (used exclusively among South Korean youths)

Synonyms
  • 개한민국 (gaehanmin-guk)
  • 망한민국 (manghanmin-guk)
  • 지옥불반도 (jiokbulbando)

Descendants
  • Japanese: ヘル朝 (ちょう)鮮 (せん) (heruchōsen)
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