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채식주의자

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 菜食主義者, from 菜食主義 (vegetarianism) + (-ian).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰɛ(ː)ɕʰik̚t͡ɕ͈uɰid͡ʑa̠] ~ [ˈt͡ɕʰɛ(ː)ɕʰik̚t͡ɕ͈uid͡ʑa̠] ~ [ˈt͡ɕʰe̞(ː)ɕʰik̚t͡ɕ͈uɰid͡ʑa̠] ~ [ˈt͡ɕʰe̞(ː)ɕʰik̚t͡ɕ͈uid͡ʑa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)/(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chaesikjuuija
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chaesigjuuija
McCune–Reischauer?ch'aesikchuŭija
Yale Romanization?chāysikcwuuyca

Noun

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채식주의자 (chaesikjuuija) (hanja 菜食主義者)

  1. vegetarian (person who does not eat any animal flesh)