기업

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 企業, from 企 (“planning”) + 業 (“trade”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kiʌ̹p̚]

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• Phonetic hangul: [기업]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gieop
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gieob
McCune–Reischauer?	kiŏp
Yale Romanization?	kiep

Noun

기업 • (gieop) (hanja 企業)

1. a business
2. business in general

Derived terms

• 기업하다 (企業—, gieophada, “to do business”)

See also

• 사업 (事業, sa'eop)
• 영업 (營業, yeong'eop)
• 산업 (産業, saneop)
• 회사 (會社, hoesa)