성진국

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 性 (“sexual”) + 進 (“advanced”) + 國 (“country”), coined due to the phonetic similarity with 선진국 (先進國, seonjin-guk, “developed country”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰɘːŋd͡ʑinɡuk̚]
Phonetic hangeul: [성ː진국]

Revised Romanization^?	seongjin-guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	seongjingug
McCune–Reischauer^?	sŏngjin'guk
Yale Romanization^?	sēngcinkwuk

Noun

성진국 • (seongjin-guk) (hanja 性進國)

(humorous, slang, neologism, possibly offensive) Japan
(humorous, slang, neologism) any country whose culture is perceived to be sexually open