A Handy Guide on Writing and Pronouncing Korean Names
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(박현태) Park Hyuntae: "Tae" - Tay is pronounced like Tay
(단테) Guan Feng: "Dante"
(권민혁) Kwon Minhyuk "Minhyuk" - Hyuk rhymes with luck
(네이트 최) Nate Choi "Nate" - Choi is more like Chay
(하균구) Ha Kyungu "Kyun" - This is a hard one because there's not really anything like it in English, but the 'u' is somewhere between an 'u' and an 'oo'. More like a Kyoon.
(송준기) Song Junki "Jun" - Jun is fun!
(단테) Guan Feng: "Dante"
(권민혁) Kwon Minhyuk "Minhyuk" - Hyuk rhymes with luck
(네이트 최) Nate Choi "Nate" - Choi is more like Chay
(하균구) Ha Kyungu "Kyun" - This is a hard one because there's not really anything like it in English, but the 'u' is somewhere between an 'u' and an 'oo'. More like a Kyoon.
(송준기) Song Junki "Jun" - Jun is fun!
Onyx
(김영빈) Kim Youngbin: "Youngbin" This one is easy
(샤오) Xiao: "Xiao" OK, this one's not so easy. It's actually quite hard to try to write this phonetically in English, but I'll give it a go! "She-yaow" – run it all together to make one syllable
(윤지원) Yoon Jiwon: "Jiwon" The Ji is like the gee in "oh, gee!", while the won is like the number... so long as you say it like 'gone'.
(임종섭) Im Jongsub: "JongB" JongB is quite easy. Im rhymes with him.
(공민혁) Gong Minhyuk: "MinMin" Minhyuk we've covered. Gong, although spelled with a G, is pronounced somewhere between a G and a K.
(런용식) Ren Yongsik: "CX" The letter C doesn't really exist. In Hanguel it would be written as 시 (without over-complicating things, this might vary slightly depending on your next letter) which sounds like 'she'. X also doesn't exist, and would be written as 엑스 (separately ek and suh, with the emphasis more on the uh) or ecksuh. Said together, that would be she-ecksuh, which almost sounds like 'sex'.
(샤오) Xiao: "Xiao" OK, this one's not so easy. It's actually quite hard to try to write this phonetically in English, but I'll give it a go! "She-yaow" – run it all together to make one syllable
(윤지원) Yoon Jiwon: "Jiwon" The Ji is like the gee in "oh, gee!", while the won is like the number... so long as you say it like 'gone'.
(임종섭) Im Jongsub: "JongB" JongB is quite easy. Im rhymes with him.
(공민혁) Gong Minhyuk: "MinMin" Minhyuk we've covered. Gong, although spelled with a G, is pronounced somewhere between a G and a K.
(런용식) Ren Yongsik: "CX" The letter C doesn't really exist. In Hanguel it would be written as 시 (without over-complicating things, this might vary slightly depending on your next letter) which sounds like 'she'. X also doesn't exist, and would be written as 엑스 (separately ek and suh, with the emphasis more on the uh) or ecksuh. Said together, that would be she-ecksuh, which almost sounds like 'sex'.
Zodiac
(상현서) Sang Hyunseo: "Hyunseo" - the seo is pronounced like 'so'
(렌용식) Ren Yongsik: "Yongsik"
(曾良 / 셍 라이언) Tseng Ryan: "Ryan" - Tseng is a Chinese name, and is pronounced more like 'Seng'. Because of the 'ㄹ' in Ryan (라이언), and an R not really existing in Korean, the r would be very soft and almost sounding like an 'L'.
(양주찬) Yang Joochan: "Apollo" - Apollo is 아폴로
(정동열) Jung Dongyeol: "Dongyeol" - The Yeol would be pronounced like 'yole' (rhymes with mole)
(백성일) Baek Sungil: "Sungil" - Baek is pronounced more like 'beck'. With way the Hanguel is written the emphasis on the name of Sungil would be 'Sung ill', however, with the next syllable staring with a vowel, the consonant would carry over to be more like 'Sung Gil'.
(김재훈) Kim Jaehoon: "Jaehoon": Jae like Jay
(이승진) Lee Seungjin: "Seungjin" - Lee is a very English way of saying 이 - it's more like Eee. 'Seung' would be pronounced like 'Sung'
(이민혁) Lee Minhyuk: "King" - We covered Minhyuk and Lee earlier, so king in Korean is Wang (왕). King goes by the actual English pronunciation of king '킹'
(렌용식) Ren Yongsik: "Yongsik"
(曾良 / 셍 라이언) Tseng Ryan: "Ryan" - Tseng is a Chinese name, and is pronounced more like 'Seng'. Because of the 'ㄹ' in Ryan (라이언), and an R not really existing in Korean, the r would be very soft and almost sounding like an 'L'.
(양주찬) Yang Joochan: "Apollo" - Apollo is 아폴로
(정동열) Jung Dongyeol: "Dongyeol" - The Yeol would be pronounced like 'yole' (rhymes with mole)
(백성일) Baek Sungil: "Sungil" - Baek is pronounced more like 'beck'. With way the Hanguel is written the emphasis on the name of Sungil would be 'Sung ill', however, with the next syllable staring with a vowel, the consonant would carry over to be more like 'Sung Gil'.
(김재훈) Kim Jaehoon: "Jaehoon": Jae like Jay
(이승진) Lee Seungjin: "Seungjin" - Lee is a very English way of saying 이 - it's more like Eee. 'Seung' would be pronounced like 'Sung'
(이민혁) Lee Minhyuk: "King" - We covered Minhyuk and Lee earlier, so king in Korean is Wang (왕). King goes by the actual English pronunciation of king '킹'
