북괴

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 北傀, from 北 (“north”) + 傀 (“puppet”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [puk̚k͈we̞] ~ [puk̚k͈ø̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [북꿰/북꾀]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bukgoe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	buggoe
McCune–Reischauer?	pukkoe
Yale Romanization?	puk.koy

Proper noun

북괴 • (Bukgoe) (hanja 北傀)

1. (South Korea, derogatory) the north puppet regime, i.e. North Korea

See also

• 괴뢰 (goeroe) (North Korean term towards South Korea)