백조어

Korean

Etymology

Literally "white-striped fish." Sino-Korean word from 백(白) (baek, “white”) + 조(條) (jo, “stripe”) + 어(魚) (eo, “fish”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pɛk̚t͡ɕ͈o̞ʌ̹] ~ [pe̞k̚t͡ɕ͈o̞ʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [백쪼어/벡쪼어]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	baekjo'eo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	baegjo'eo
McCune–Reischauer?	paekchoŏ
Yale Romanization?	paykcoe

Noun

백조어 • (baekjo'eo) (hanja 白條魚)

1. The redfin culter, Chanodichthys erythropterus ( <- Culter brevicauda).

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 19 (last accessed)) “백조어 [baekjo'eo]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[1]
• 김, 익수 with 박종영 (2002) “백조어”, in 한국의 민물고기, Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 188