상좌

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Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 上佐.

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?Sangjwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Sangjwa
McCune–Reischauer?Sangjwa
Yale Romanization?sāngcwa
South Korean
Standard Language
대령(大領) (daeryeong)
North Korean
Standard Language
상좌(上佐) (sangjwa)

Noun

상좌 (sangjwa) (hanja 上佐)

  1. (North Korea) colonel; captain