간호원

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 看護 (“nursing”) + 員 (“personnel”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠nβo̞wʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [간호원]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ganhowon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ganhowon
McCune–Reischauer?	kanhowŏn
Yale Romanization?	kan.howen

Noun

간호원 • (ganhowon) (hanja 看護員)

1. (North Korea, dated in South Korea) nurse

   Synonym: (South Korea) 간호사(看護師) (ganhosa)