망부석

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Korean[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Sino-Korean word from 望夫石, from (gaze) + (husband) + (rock).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈma̠(ː)ŋbusʰʌ̹k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mangbuseok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mangbuseog
McCune–Reischauer?mangbusŏk
Yale Romanization?māngpusek

Noun[edit]

망부석 (mangbuseok) (hanja 望夫石)

  1. Mong Fu Shek
  2. (either a location where a faithful wife was transformed into stone while waiting for her husband to return, or the stone itself, where the wife waited)