전국

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 全國

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹nɡuk̚]
Phonetic hangul: [전국]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jeongug
McCune–Reischauer^?	chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization^?	cenkwuk

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk) (hanja 全國)

the whole land making up a country

Etymology 2

전 (全, jeon) + 국 (guk)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹nɡuk̚]
Phonetic hangul: [전국]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jeongug
McCune–Reischauer^?	chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization^?	cenkwuk

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk)

thick soy sauce, undiluted liquor

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 全局

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹nɡuk̚]
Phonetic hangul: [전국]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jeongug
McCune–Reischauer^?	chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization^?	cenkwuk

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk) (hanja 全局)

overall situation

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 戰局

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)nɡuk̚]
Phonetic hangul: [전(ː)국]
- Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jeongug
McCune–Reischauer^?	chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization^?	cēnkwuk

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk) (hanja 戰局)

progress of the war, battle, game

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 戰國

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹nɡuk̚]
Phonetic hangul: [전국]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jeongug
McCune–Reischauer^?	chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization^?	cenkwuk

Proper noun

전국 • (Jeon'guk) (hanja 戰國)

(historical) Warring States period in Chinese history

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk) (hanja 戰國)

(figuratively) a difficult, battling situation

Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 錢局

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)nɡuk̚]
Phonetic hangul: [전(ː)국]
- Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jeon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jeongug
McCune–Reischauer^?	chŏn'guk
Yale Romanization^?	cēnkwuk

Noun

전국 • (jeon'guk) (hanja 錢局)

(historical) money farm or private bank in ancient China which deals in currency exchange