강원도 포수

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Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally "Gangwon poacher". Gangwon Province is very mountainous, and poachers sent to hunt tigers there were sometimes lost in the mountains and never found again.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ka̠ŋwʌ̹ndo̞ pʰo̞(ː)sʰu]
  • Phonetic hangul: [강원도 포(ː)수]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Gang'wondo posu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Gang'wondo posu
McCune–Reischauer?Kangwŏndo p'osu
Yale Romanization?kangwento phōswu

Noun[edit]

강원도 포수 • (Gang'wondo posu) (hanja 江原道砲手)

  1. (idiomatic) someone sent on an errand who fails to return even after a long time
    Synonym: 함흥차사(咸興差使) (hamheungchasa)
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