외국인

Korean

Sino-Korean word from 外國人, from 外國 (“foreign country”) + 人 (“person”).

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈwe̞(ː)ɡuɡin] ~ [ˈø̞(ː)ɡuɡin]
Phonetic hangul: [웨(ː)구긴/외(ː)구긴]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	oegugin
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	oegug'in
McCune–Reischauer^?	oegugin
Yale Romanization^?	ōykwuk.in

외국인 • (oegugin) (hanja 外國人)

a foreigner or foreigners.
Synonym: (less common) 외인(外人) (oein, “foreigner; alien”)
(South Korea) a foreigner or foreigners, especially European.
- 2014, Four Bars, “Foreigner”, in Sorry, I was drunk: Random ramblings about life and stuff.‎^[1] (in English), BlogSpot, archived from the original on 17 April 2015:
  I don't like the way Koreans use the word "외국인." Despite what it means in the dictionary, in [South] Korea "foreigner" has definite racial connotations. Foreigner is almost synonymous with white people.
(South Korea) a person who is not of ethnic Korean ancestry.
- 2014, Four Bars, “Foreigner”, in Sorry, I was drunk: Random ramblings about life and stuff.‎^[2] (in English), BlogSpot, archived from the original on 17 April 2015:
  I don't like the way Koreans use the word "외국인." Despite what it means in the dictionary, in [South] Korea "foreigner" has definite racial connotations. ... Koreans who to overseas call the locals foreigners even though they are the foreigners in the country they are visiting.