천조국
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally a
Sino-Korean word from 天朝 (“Celestial Empire”) + 國 (“country”), with the implied criticism that South Korea is a self-deprecating vassal state of America in the same way that dynastic Korea used to revere China as the Empire of Heaven.
Now generally reinterpreted as a Sino-Korean word from 千兆 (“quadrillion”) + 國 (“country”), satirizing the fact that the United States military budget, when rounded up, is equivalent to a quadrillion South Korean won.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹ɲd͡ʑo̞ɡuk̚]
- Phonetic hangul: [천조국]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | Cheonjoguk |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | Cheonjogug |
| McCune–Reischauer? | Ch'ŏnjoguk |
| Yale Romanization? | chen.cokwuk |
Proper noun
[edit]천조국 • (Cheonjoguk) (hanja 千兆國)
- (slang, humorous) synonym of 미국(美國) (Miguk, “America, United States of America (a country in North America)”)