반공

Sino-Korean word from 反共, with 共 as an abbreviation for 공산주의 (共産主義, gongsanjuui, “communism”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈpa̠(ː)nɡo̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [반(ː)공]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

반공 • (ban'gong) (hanja 反共)

1. anticommunist

   미국 사람과 남한 사람은 반공 의식이 강하다.

   miguk saramgwa namhan sarameun ban'gong uisigi ganghada.

   Americans and South Koreans are highly anti-communist.

   • 1961, broadcasting during the May 16 coup:

     군사 혁명 위원회는 첫째, 반공을 국시의 제일의로 삼고, 지금까지 형식적이고 구호에만 그친 반공 태세를 재정비·강화할 것입니다.

     gunsa hyeongmyeong wiwonhoe-neun cheotjjae, ban'gong-eul guksi-ui jeirui-ro samgo, jigeum-kkaji hyeongsikjeogi-go guho-eman geuchin ban'gong taese-reul jaejeongbi·ganghwahal geosimnida.

     The Military Revolutionary Committee will, first, make anti-communism our supreme national ideal, and to improve and reorganize our anti-communist preparedness that is currently only limited to symbolic slogans.

• 반공(反共)하다 (ban'gonghada)

Sino-Korean word from 反攻.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈpa̠(ː)nɡo̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [반(ː)공]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

반공 • (ban'gong) (hanja 反攻)

1. counter-attack

• 반공(反攻)하다 (ban'gonghada)