헬조선

헬조선

Korean

Etymology

A compound word of English word hell + Sino-Korean word from 朝鮮 (“an old word for Korea, but used in a derogatory sense for South Korea”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[he̞ɭd͡ʑo̞sʰʌ̹n]
• Phonetic Hangul[헬조선]

Revised Romanization? heljoseon Revised Romanization (translit.)? heljoseon McCune–Reischauer? heljosŏn Yale Romanization? heylcosen

Proper noun

헬조선 • (Heljoseon) (hanja 헬朝鮮)

1. (neologism, derogatory) South Korea (used exclusively among South Korean youths)

Synonyms

• 개한민국 (gaehanmin-guk)
• 망한민국 (manghanmin-guk)
• 지옥불반도 (jiokbulbando)

Descendants

• Japanese: ヘル朝 (ちょう)鮮 (せん) (heruchōsen)