협서

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 陜西, from a misreading of the hanja (seom) for the visually nearly identical (hyeop).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Hyeopseo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Hyeobseo
McCune–Reischauer?Hyŏpsŏ
Yale Romanization?hyep.se

Proper noun

협서 (Hyeopseo) (hanja 陜西)

  1. (proscribed) Nonstandard form of 섬서(陝西) (Seomseo, Shaanxi (a province of China)).

Usage notes

This form most commonly appears in wuxia novels.