서북청년회
Korean
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Etymology
[edit]Sino-Korean word from 西北 (“northwestern”) + 靑年 (“youth”) + 會 (“association”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)buk̚t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋɲʌ̹nβwe̞] ~ [ˈsʰɘ(ː)buk̚t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋɲʌ̹nɦø̞]
- Phonetic hangul: [서(ː)북청년훼/서(ː)북청년회]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | Seobukcheongnyeonhoe |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | Seobugcheongnyeonhoe |
| McCune–Reischauer? | Sŏbukch'ŏngnyŏnhoe |
| Yale Romanization? | sēpukchengnyen.hoy |
Proper noun
[edit]서북청년회 • (Seobukcheongnyeonhoe) (hanja 西北靑年會)
- (historical) the North-West Youth Association; an anticommunist organization in South Korea known for perpetrating massacre during the Jeju uprising