관광

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 觀光, from 觀 (“seeing”) + 光 (“scenery”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kwa̠nɡwa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [관광]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gwan'gwang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gwangwang
McCune–Reischauer?	kwan'gwang
Yale Romanization?	kwankwang

Noun

관광 • (gwan'gwang) (hanja 觀光)

1. tourism

Derived terms

• 관광객(觀光客) (gwan'gwanggaek, “tourist”)
• 관광(觀光)하다 (gwan'gwanghada, “to see the sights”)
• 관광지(觀光地) (gwan'gwangji, “tourist attraction”)

See also

• 여행 (yeohaeng, “travel”)
• 관광 on the Korean Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ko