개장

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 開場, from 開 (“opening”) + 場 (“grounds”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɛd͡ʑa̠ŋ] ~ [ke̞d͡ʑa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [개장/게장]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gaejang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gaejang
McCune–Reischauer?	kaejang
Yale Romanization?	kaycang

Noun

개장 • (gaejang) (hanja 開場)

1. opening of a location, session, etc.

Derived terms

• 개장되다 (開場—, gaejangdoeda, “to have an opening”)
• 개장하다 (開場—, gaejanghada, “to open”)

Etymology 2

From 개 (gae, “dog”) + 장 (醬, jang, “sauce”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ(ː)d͡ʑa̠ŋ] ~ [ˈke̞(ː)d͡ʑa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [개(ː)장/게(ː)장]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gaejang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gaejang
McCune–Reischauer?	kaejang
Yale Romanization?	kāycang

Noun

개장 • (gaejang) (hanja 개醬)

1. (Yanbian, Russia) Bosintang, a traditional dog-meat soup.

   Synonym: 개장국 (gaejangguk)

Derived terms

• 개장국 (개醬국, gaejangguk)

See also

• Bosintang on Wikipedia.Wikipedia