성진국

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 性 (“sexual”) + 進 (“advanced”) + 國 (“country”), coined due to the phonetic similarity with 선진국 (先進國, seonjin'guk, “developed country”).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seongjin'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seongjingug
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏngjin'guk
Yale Romanization?	sēngcinkwuk

Proper noun

성진국 • (Seongjin'guk) (hanja 性進國)

1. (humorous, slang, neologism, possibly offensive) Japan

Noun

성진국 • (seongjin'guk) (hanja 性進國)

1. (humorous, slang, neologism) any country whose culture is perceived to be sexually open