갱개

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 更改, from 更 (“replacing”) + 改 (“correcting”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɛ(ː)ŋɡɛ] ~ [ˈke̞(ː)ŋɡe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [갱(ː)개/겡(ː)게]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaenggae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaenggae
McCune–Reischauer?kaenggae
Yale Romanization?kāyngkay

Noun

갱개 • (gaenggae) (hanja 更改)

  1. (law) novation
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