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외국인

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 外國人, from 外國 (foreign country) + (person).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈwe̞(ː)ɡuɡin] ~ [ˈø̞(ː)ɡuɡin]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?oegugin
Revised Romanization (translit.)?oegug'in
McCune–Reischauer?oegugin
Yale Romanization?ōykwuk.in

Noun

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외국인 (oegugin) (hanja 外國人)

  1. a foreigner or foreigners.
    Synonym: (less common) 외인(外人) (oein, foreigner; alien)
  2. (South Korea) a foreigner or foreigners, especially European.
    • 2014, Four Bars, “Foreigner”, in Sorry, I was drunk: Random ramblings about life and stuff.[1] (in English), BlogSpot, archived from the original on 17 April 2015:
      I don't like the way Koreans use the word "외국인." Despite what it means in the dictionary, in [South] Korea "foreigner" has definite racial connotations. Foreigner is almost synonymous with white people.
  3. (South Korea) a person who is not of ethnic Korean ancestry.
    • 2014, Four Bars, “Foreigner”, in Sorry, I was drunk: Random ramblings about life and stuff.[2] (in English), BlogSpot, archived from the original on 17 April 2015:
      I don't like the way Koreans use the word "외국인." Despite what it means in the dictionary, in [South] Korea "foreigner" has definite racial connotations. ... Koreans who to overseas call the locals foreigners even though they are the foreigners in the country they are visiting.

See also

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