해협

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 海峽 (“strait; channel”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ(ː)ʝʌ̹p̚] ~ [ˈhe̞(ː)ʝʌ̹p̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [해(ː)협/헤(ː)협]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?haehyeop
Revised Romanization (translit.)?haehyeob
McCune–Reischauer?haehyŏp
Yale Romanization?hāyhyep

Noun

해협 • (haehyeop) (hanja 海峽)

  1. strait; channel
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