여자친구

Korean

Alternative forms

• 녀자친구 (nyeojachin'gu) (North Korea)

Etymology

Calque of English girlfriend. Sino-Korean word from 女子親舊, from 女子 (“female”) + 親舊 (“friend”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹d͡ʑa̠t͡ɕʰinɡu]
• Phonetic hangul: [여자친구]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yeojachin'gu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yeojachingu
McCune–Reischauer?	yŏjach'in'gu
Yale Romanization?	yeca.chinkwu

Noun

여자친구 • (yeojachin'gu) (hanja 女子親舊)

1. girlfriend

   Synonyms: 여친 (yeochin), (dated) 걸프렌드 (geolpeurendeu)

   Coordinate terms: 남자친구 (namjachin'gu), 남친 (namchin)