"외국인" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [ˈwe̞(ː)ɡuɡin] [SK-Standard, Seoul], [ˈø̞(ː)ɡuɡin] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: oegugin [romanization], 外國人 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 外國人, from 外國 (“foreign country”) + 人 (“person”). Etymology templates: {{ko-etym-Sino|外國|foreign country|人|person|suffix=y}} Sino-Korean word from 外國人, from 外國 (“foreign country”) + 人 (“person”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=外國人}} 외국인 • (oegugin) (hanja 外國人)
  1. a foreigner or foreigners. Synonyms: 외인 (alt: 外人)
    Sense id: en-외국인-ko-noun--dqGj1cS
  2. (South Korea) a foreigner or foreigners, especially European. Tags: South-Korea
    Sense id: en-외국인-ko-noun-GgTrOpvL Categories (other): South Korean
  3. (South Korea) a person who is not of ethnic Korean ancestry. Tags: South-Korea Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-외국인-ko-noun-SfCrCMm8 Disambiguation of People: 19 32 49 Categories (other): South Korean, Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms suffixed with -인 (人), Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sino-Korean words Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 21 23 56 Disambiguation of Korean terms suffixed with -인 (人): 12 20 68 Disambiguation of Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable: 17 22 61 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 13 19 68 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 16 20 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 26 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 24 50 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 8 23 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 영주권자(永住權者) (yeongjugwonja) (english: permanent resident)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "外國",
        "2": "foreign country",
        "3": "人",
        "4": "person",
        "suffix": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 外國人, from 外國 (“foreign country”) + 人 (“person”)",
      "name": "ko-etym-Sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 外國人, from 外國 (“foreign country”) + 人 (“person”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oegugin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "外國人",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "外國人"
      },
      "expansion": "외국인 • (oegugin) (hanja 外國人)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "permanent resident",
      "roman": "yeongjugwonja",
      "word": "영주권자(永住權者)"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a foreigner or foreigners."
      ],
      "id": "en-외국인-ko-noun--dqGj1cS",
      "links": [
        [
          "foreigner",
          "foreigner"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "外人",
          "word": "외인"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "South Korean",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Four Bars, “Foreigner”, in Sorry, I was drunk: Random ramblings about life and stuff. (in English), BlogSpot, archived from the original on 2015-04-17:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a foreigner or foreigners, especially European."
      ],
      "id": "en-외국인-ko-noun-GgTrOpvL",
      "links": [
        [
          "foreigner",
          "foreigner"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Korea) a foreigner or foreigners, especially European."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Korea"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "South Korean",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 23 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 20 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms suffixed with -인 (人)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 22 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 19 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 20 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 26 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 24 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 23 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sino-Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 32 49",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "ko:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Four Bars, “Foreigner”, in Sorry, I was drunk: Random ramblings about life and stuff. (in English), BlogSpot, archived from the original on 2015-04-17:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a person who is not of ethnic Korean ancestry."
      ],
      "id": "en-외국인-ko-noun-SfCrCMm8",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "Korean",
          "Korean"
        ],
        [
          "ancestry",
          "ancestry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Korea) a person who is not of ethnic Korean ancestry."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Korea"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwe̞(ː)ɡuɡin]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈø̞(ː)ɡuɡin]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "웨(ː)구긴"
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "외(ː)구긴"
    }
  ],
  "word": "외국인"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean nouns",
    "Korean terms suffixed with -인 (人)",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sino-Korean words",
    "ko:People"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "外國",
        "2": "foreign country",
        "3": "人",
        "4": "person",
        "suffix": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 外國人, from 外國 (“foreign country”) + 人 (“person”)",
      "name": "ko-etym-Sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 外國人, from 外國 (“foreign country”) + 人 (“person”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oegugin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "外國人",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "外國人"
      },
      "expansion": "외국인 • (oegugin) (hanja 外國人)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "permanent resident",
      "roman": "yeongjugwonja",
      "word": "영주권자(永住權者)"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a foreigner or foreigners."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "foreigner",
          "foreigner"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "外人",
          "word": "외인"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean terms with quotations",
        "South Korean"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Four Bars, “Foreigner”, in Sorry, I was drunk: Random ramblings about life and stuff. (in English), BlogSpot, archived from the original on 2015-04-17:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a foreigner or foreigners, especially European."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "foreigner",
          "foreigner"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Korea) a foreigner or foreigners, especially European."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Korea"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean terms with quotations",
        "South Korean"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Four Bars, “Foreigner”, in Sorry, I was drunk: Random ramblings about life and stuff. (in English), BlogSpot, archived from the original on 2015-04-17:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a person who is not of ethnic Korean ancestry."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "Korean",
          "Korean"
        ],
        [
          "ancestry",
          "ancestry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Korea) a person who is not of ethnic Korean ancestry."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Korea"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwe̞(ː)ɡuɡin]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈø̞(ː)ɡuɡin]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "웨(ː)구긴"
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "외(ː)구긴"
    }
  ],
  "word": "외국인"
}

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