직원

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 職員, from 職 (“work”) + 員 (“personnel”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiɡwʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [지권]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jigwon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jig'won
McCune–Reischauer?	chigwŏn
Yale Romanization?	cik.wen

Noun

직원 • (jigwon) (hanja 職員)

1. employee
   • 직원들은 일을 해야 할 것입니다.

     jigwondeureun ireul haeya hal geosimnida.

     Employees will have to work.