즁국

Korean

Pronunciation

• (Yukjin) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕùŋɡùk̚]

Proper noun

즁국 • (Jungguk) (hanja 中國)

1. Yukjin form of 중국(中國) (Jungguk, “China”)
   • 2017 February 12, 심범극, “아리랑 부르며 건넌 두만강 [arirang bureumyeo geonneon duman'gang]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 길림성 연변조선족자치주 도문시 [gillimseong yeonbyeonjoseonjokjachiju domunsi]:

     고통스러운 생활속으 견지지 못해서 돈버니 하다 즁국에 간다는 (사람들은).... 그 환경 봤디.

     Gotongseureoun saenghwalsog-eu gyeonji-ji mothae-seo donbeoni hada junggug-e ganda-neun (saram-deur-eun).... Geu hwan'gyeong bwat-di.

     Those people who couldn't endure the pains of living [in Korea] and had gone to China to earn money... they saw the scene unfold.

Usage notes

• As of 2019, the current older generation in Yanbian most commonly uses 즁국 (Jungguk). The generation before them used 듕국 (Dyungguk), no longer used nowadays; younger people, influenced by public education taught in the North Korean standard and by media from South Korea, use Standard Korean 중국 (Jungguk).

Derived terms

• 즁국말 (junggungmal)
• 즁국사람 (jungguksaram)

 

References

• 곽충구 [Kwak Chung-gu] (2019) 두만강 유역의 조선어 방언 사전 [duman'gang yuyeogui joseoneo bang'eon sajeon, Dictionary of Korean Dialects of the Tumen River Area], volume II, Taehaksa, →ISBN, page 3067