여자친구

여자친구

Korean

Alternative forms

• 녀자친구 (nyeojachin-gu) (North Korea)

Etymology

Calque from English girlfriend. Sino-Korean word from 女子親舊, from 女子 (“female”) + 親舊 (“friend”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[jʌ̹d͡ʑa̠t͡ɕʰinɡu]
• Phonetic Hangul[여자친구]

Revised Romanization? yeojachin-gu Revised Romanization (translit.)? yeojachingu McCune–Reischauer? yŏjach'in'gu Yale Romanization? yecachinkwu

Noun

여자친구 • (yeojachin-gu) (hanja 女子親舊)

1. girlfriend

Synonyms

• 걸프렌드 (geolpeurendeu)
• 여친 (yeochin)

Related terms

• 남자친구 (namjachin-gu)
• 남친 (namchin)