반공
Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 反共, with 共 as an abbreviation for 공산주의 (共産主義, gongsanjuui, “communism”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpa̠(ː)nɡo̞ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [반(ː)공]
- Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | ban'gong |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | bangong |
| McCune–Reischauer? | pan'gong |
| Yale Romanization? | pānkong |
Noun
반공 • (ban'gong) (hanja 反共)
- anticommunist
- 미국 사람과 남한 사람은 반공 의식이 강하다.
- Miguk saramgwa namhan sarameun ban'gong uisigi ganghada.
- Americans and South Koreans are highly anti-communist.
- 1961, broadcasting during the May 16 coup:
- 군사 혁명 위원회는 첫째, 반공을 국시의 제일의로 삼고, 지금까지 형식적이고 구호에만 그친 반공 태세를 재정비·강화할 것입니다.
- Gunsa hyeongmyeong wiwonhoe-neun cheotjjae, ban'gong-eul guksi-ui jeirui-ro samgo, jigeum-kkaji hyeongsikjeogi-go guho-eman geuchin ban'gong taese-reul jaejeongbi·ganghwahal geosimnida.
- The Military Revolutionary Committee will, first, make anti-communism our supreme national ideal, and to improve and reorganize our anti-communist preparedness that is currently only limited to symbolic slogans.