어휘장

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 語彙 (vocabulary) + (field).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɘ(ː)ɦɥid͡ʑa̠ŋ] ~ [ˈɘ(ː)ɦyd͡ʑa̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eohwijang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eohwijang
McCune–Reischauer?ŏhwijang
Yale Romanization?ēhwicang

Noun

어휘장 • (eohwijang) (hanja 語彙場)

  1. (linguistics, translation studies) semantic field, lexical field (group of words relating to the same subject)