중국

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 中國 (“China”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuŋɡuk̚]
Phonetic hangul: [중국]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	Jungguk
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	Junggug
McCune–Reischauer^?	Chungguk
Yale Romanization^?	cwungkwuk

Proper noun

중국 • (Jungguk) (hanja 中國)

China
중국 사람 ― jungguk saram ― Chinese people; Chinese person

Alternative forms

즁국 (Jungguk) — Yukjin
듕국 (Dyungguk) — obsolete, possibly still used in northern dialects
쭝국 (Jjungguk) — derogatory, offensive

Derived terms

중국어(中國語) (junggugeo, “Chinese language”)
중국인(中國人) (junggugin, “Chinese person”)

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