운전자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 運轉者, from 運轉 (“driving”) + 者 (“-er”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈu(ː)ɲd͡ʑʌ̹ɲd͡ʑa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [운(ː)전자]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	unjeonja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	unjeonja
McCune–Reischauer?	unjŏnja
Yale Romanization?	wūn.cen.ca

Noun

운전자 • (unjeonja) (hanja 運轉者)

1. driver (of a vehicle)