운전사

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 運轉士, from 運轉 (“to work, to operate”) + 士 (“specialist worker”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈu(ː)ɲd͡ʑʌ̹nsʰa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [운(ː)전사]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?unjeonsa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?unjeonsa
McCune–Reischauer?unjŏnsa
Yale Romanization?wūn.censa

Noun

운전사 • (unjeonsa) (hanja 運轉士)

  1. driver (person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a car or a bus)

Synonyms

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