협서

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 陜西, from a misreading of the hanja 陝 (seom) for the visually nearly identical 陜 (hyeop).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [çʌ̹ps͈ʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [협써]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Hyeopseo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Hyeobseo
McCune–Reischauer?	Hyŏpsŏ
Yale Romanization?	hyep.se

Proper noun

협서 • (Hyeopseo) (hanja 陜西)

1. (proscribed) nonstandard form of 섬서(陝西) (Seomseo, “Shaanxi (a province of China)”)

Usage notes

This form most commonly appears in wuxia novels.