한어

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Korean

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
Revised Romanization?haneo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?han'eo
McCune–Reischauer?hanŏ
Yale Romanization?hān.e

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 漢語, from (China) + (language).

Noun

한어 (haneo) (hanja 漢語)

  1. (linguistics or Yanbian) Chinese language
    Synonym: (non-academic term) 중국어(中國語) (junggugeo)
    한어 방언 연구haneo bang'eon-ui yeon'gustudy of Sinitic topolects
  2. (linguistics) Sino-Japanese vocabulary, kango

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 韓語, from + .

Noun

한어 (haneo) (hanja 韓語)

  1. (rare) Korean language