Edited by author 01-31-2002 11:39 AM
wae means "outside" and guk means "nation" (essentially meaning foreign country). in means "person" so waegukin would mean "foreigner" (naturally). Each sylllable has a chinese character that it is based on--this word, like many Korean words, has its roots in Chinese. (for clarification: the chinese character meaning "outside" would be pronounced totally differently in Chinese. That character is known as wae only in Korea.)