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Korean
Etymology
From Chinese 杖 (zhàng, “staff, walking stick”) + 님 (-nim, honorific suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | jangnim |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jangnim |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | changnim |
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| Yale Romanization? | cāngnim |
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Noun
장님 • (jangnim)
- a blind person
Derived terms
References
- ^ Martin, Samuel E., Yang Ha Lee, Sung-Un Chang (1975) A Korean-English Dictionary, New Haven: Yale University Press, page 1403.