전화
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Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
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- Phonetic hangul:
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | jeonwa |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jeonwa |
| McCune–Reischauer? | chŏnwa |
| Yale Romanization? | cenwa |
Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 電話, from 電 (“electric”) + 話 (“conversation”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 電話 (denwa).
Noun
- telephone, phone
- 전화 받으세요. ― Jeonhwa badeuseyo. ― Please pick up the phone.
- 2016, VOA Learning English, archived from the original on 18 September 2017:
Derived terms
- 공중전화(公衆電話) (gongjungjeonhwa, “payphone”)
- 무선전화(無線電話) (museonjeonhwa, “wireless phone”)
- 전화(電話)를 걸다 (jeonhwareul geolda, “to telephone, call”)
- 전화(電話)하다 (jeonhwahada, “to call by telephone”)
- 전화기(電話機) (jeonhwagi, “telephone”)
- 전화번호(電話番號) (jeonhwabeonho, “phone number”)
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 轉化, from 轉 (“revolve, turn, circle”) + 化 (“-ize”).
Noun
Derived terms
- 전화(轉化)하다 (jeonhwahada, “to change, transform”)
Etymology 3
Sino-Korean word from 戰火, from 戰 (“war, battle”) + 火 (“fire”).
Noun
- war, the conflagration of battle
Etymology 4
Sino-Korean word from 戰禍, from 戰 (“war, battle”) + 禍 (“disaster, calamity”)
Noun
Etymology 5
Sino-Korean word from 電化, from 電 (“electricity”) + 化 (“conversion”).