외환

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 外換 (“foreign exchange”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈwe̞(ː)βwa̠n] ~ [ˈø̞(ː)βwa̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [웨(ː)환/외(ː)환]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?oehwan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?oehwan
McCune–Reischauer?oehwan
Yale Romanization?ōyhwan

Noun

외환 • (oehwan) (hanja 外換)

  1. foreign exchange
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