먼촌

Korean

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmɘ(ː)ɲt͡ɕʰo̞n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [먼(ː)촌]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?meonchon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?meonchon
McCune–Reischauer?mŏnch'on
Yale Romanization?mēn.chon

Etymology 1

From 먼 (meon, “far, distant”) +‎ 촌(村) (chon, “village”).

Noun

먼촌 • (meonchon)

  1. distant village

Etymology 2

From 먼 (meon, “far, distant”) +‎ 촌(寸) (chon, “degree of kinship”).

Noun

먼촌 • (meonchon)

  1. distant or extended relative
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