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Korean Wave en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /kəˈɹi.ən ˈweɪv/ (General-American)
• /kəˈɹiːən ˈweɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Calque of Korean 한류(韓流) (Hallyu, “Korean current”), from Korean + wave.

Meanings

1. The rise in popularity of South Korean popular culture in other countries since the 1990s.
   • By the time almost all restrictions on Japanese culture were lifted in January 2004, the Korean Wave—a term coined in China—had washed across Asia. 2005, Norimitsu Onishi, Roll Over, Godzilla: Korea Rules, The New York Times:
   • ...with your smart phones and Twitter and Me2Day and Kakao Talk. It’s no wonder so many people around the world have caught the Korean Wave, Hallyu. 2012, Barack Obama, Remarks by President Obama at Hankuk University, The White House:
   • The spread of South Korean (hereafter Korean/Korea) popular culture across borders, that is, the Korean Wave or hallyu, whose origin dates back to the late 1990s, is no longer a new phenomenon to media users and scholars of media, communications, cultural, and narrative studies alike. 2020, Hyesu Park, Understanding Hallyu: The Korean Wave Through Literature, Webtoon, and Mukbang, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:

Forms

Translations (17)

yue 韓流 /韩流 (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) · nan-hbl 韓流 /韩流 (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) · ko 한류 (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) · fi korealainen aalto (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) · pl koreańska fala (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) · ja 韓流 (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) · ru ха́ллю́ (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) · ru коре́йская волна́ (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) · vi Hàn lưu (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) · cmn 韓流 /韩流 (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) · pt onda coreana (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) · ko 남조선 바람 (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) · fr Hallyu (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) · fr vague coréenne (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) · de Koreanische Welle (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) · it onda coreana (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) · es ola coreana (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere)