Hallyu

English

Alternative forms

• hallyu

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 한류(韓流) (Hallyu, literally “Korean current”).

Proper noun

Hallyu

1. Synonym of Korean Wave
   • 2014, Euny Hong, The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture, page 234:

     As amazing as Samsung is, its international appeal doesn't derive directly from Hallyu.

   • 2016, Dal Jin, New Korean Wave: Transnational Cultural Power in the Age of Social Media, page 4:

     The sudden rise of Korean popular culture and its dissemination in Asian countries, known as the Korean Wave, or Hallyu, took many people in Asia by surprise, […]

   • 2020, Hyo Kyung Woo, “The Emergence of Koreatown in Singapore and a Global Community of K-culture Fans”, in Jinwon Kim, Soo Mee Kim, Stephen Cho Suh, editors, Koreatowns: Exploring the Economics, Politics, and Identities of Korean Spatial Formation, page 122:

     Since early 1999, Hallyu exports have added an estimated $11.6 billion into the Korean economy (0.2 percent of Korea's GDP), contributing to the status of South Korea as the world's 12th largest economy.

   • 2020, Hyesu Park, Understanding Hallyu: The Korean Wave Through Literature, Webtoon, and Mukbang‎^[1], Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:

     The spread of South Korean (hereafter Korean/Korea) popular culture across borders, that is, the Korean Wave or hallyu, whose origin dates back to the late 1990s, is no longer a new phenomenon to media users and scholars of media, communications, cultural, and narrative studies alike.

Further reading

• Korean wave on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 한류(韓流) (Hallyu, “Korean current”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ljy/

Noun

Hallyu m or f (plural Hallyus)

1. Hallyu, the Korean Wave