렬차

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 列車.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ryeolcha
Revised Romanization (translit.)?lyeolcha
McCune–Reischauer?ryŏlch'a
Yale Romanization?lyelcha

Noun

렬차 • (ryeolcha) (hanja 列車)

  1. North Korea standard form of 열차 (yeolcha, train)
    • 1961, “통일렬차 달린다 (tong'illyeolcha dallinda) [The unification train rushes on]”, 박산운 (Bak Sanun) [Pak San Un] (lyrics):
      통일렬차 달린다
      부산렬차 달린다
      Tong'illyeolcha dallinda
      Busan-haeng ryeolcha dallinda
      The unification train rushes on
      The train bound for Busan rushes on