환갑

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 還甲

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɸwa̠(ː)nɡa̠p̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hwan'gap
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hwangab
McCune–Reischauer?hwan'gap
Yale Romanization?hwānkap

Noun

환갑 • (hwan'gap) (hanja 還甲)

  1. being sixty years old
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