전국

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 全國

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹nɡuk̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [전국]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeongug
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization?	cenkwuk

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk) (hanja 全國)

1. the whole land making up a country

Etymology 2

전 (全, jeon) + 국 (guk)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹nɡuk̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [전국]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeongug
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization?	cenkwuk

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk)

1. thick soy sauce, undiluted liquor

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 全局

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹nɡuk̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [전국]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeongug
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization?	cenkwuk

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk) (hanja 全局)

1. overall situation

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 戰局

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeongug
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization?	cēnkwuk

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk) (hanja 戰局)

1. progress of the war, battle, game

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 戰國

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹nɡuk̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [전국]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeongug
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization?	cenkwuk

Proper noun

전국 • (Jeon'guk) (hanja 戰國)

1. (history) Warring States period in Chinese history

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk) (hanja 戰國)

1. (figurative) a difficult, battling situation

Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 錢局

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeongug
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization?	cēnkwuk

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk) (hanja 錢局)

1. (historical) money farm or private bank in ancient China which deals in currency exchange