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Korean
Pronunciation
Proper noun
즁국 • (Jungguk) (hanja 中國)
- Yukjin form of 중국(中國) (Jungguk, “China”)
2017 February 12, 심범극, “아리랑 부르며 건넌 두만강 [arirang bureumyeo geonneon duman'gang]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye], 길림성 연변조선족자치주 도문시 [gillimseong yeonbyeonjoseonjokjachiju domunsi]:고통스러운 생활속으 견지지 못해서 돈버니 하다 즁국에 간다는 (사람들은).... 그 환경 봤디.- Gotongseureoun saenghwalsog-eu gyeonji-ji mothae-seo donbeoni hada junggug-e ganda-neun (saram-deur-eun).... Geu hwan'gyeong bwat-di.
- Those people who couldn't endure the pains of living and had gone to China to earn money... they saw the scene unfold.
Usage notes
- As of 2019, the current older generation in Yanbian most commonly uses 즁국 (Jungguk). The generation before them used 듕국 (Dyungguk), no longer used nowadays; younger people, influenced by public education taught in the North Korean standard and by media from South Korea, use Standard Korean 중국 (Jungguk).
Derived terms
- 즁국말 (junggungmal)
- 즁국사람 (jungguksaram)
References
- 곽충구 (2019) 두만강 유역의 조선어 방언 사전 [duman'gang yuyeogui joseoneo bang'eon sajeon, Dictionary of Korean Dialects of the Tumen River Area], volume II, Taehaksa, →ISBN, page 3067