국민

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 國民, from 國 (“country”) + 民 (“populace”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kuŋmin]

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• Phonetic hangul: [궁민]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gungmin
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gugmin
McCune–Reischauer?	kungmin
Yale Romanization?	kwukmin

• Homophone: 궁민 (gungmin)

Noun

국민 • (gungmin) (hanja 國民)

1. (chiefly South Korea) people of a nation

   그래, 대통령은 국민들이 선출한 한 국가의 수장이야.

   Geurae, daetongnyeong-eun gungmin-deur-i seonchulhan han gukga-ui sujang-iya.

   Yes, the president is the head of a country elected by the people.

Synonyms

• (North Korea, Yanbian dialect) 인민 (inmin)

Derived terms

• 국민주의 (國民主義), gungminjuui, “nationalism”)

See also

• 민중 (minjung)