Ensign in Korean 🇰🇷

소위 info.

Tips to Remember:
• Think of “소위” (sowi) as coming from the Sino-Korean characters 小尉 where “소” means “small” and “위” means “rank” or “officer.” This can help you recall that it refers to a junior or beginner officer.
• Imagine a freshly commissioned officer “starting small” at the base of the leadership hierarchy.

Explanations:
• In the military context, “소위” (sowi) is the lowest-ranking commissioned officer, equivalent to the English term “ensign.”
• It refers to someone who has just begun their career as an officer after graduating from a military academy.

Other Words That Mean the Same Thing:
• Ensign
• Junior officer
• Newly commissioned officer

Alternate Meanings and Slang:
• Colloquially, “소위” (sowi) is used to mean “so-called.” This usage implies that the term or title that follows may be more nominal than substantive.
• For example, labeling someone as “소위 전문가” suggests they are a “so-called expert,” sometimes with a hint of skepticism.

Examples of Sentences:
• Military Context: “After graduating from the military academy, Min-jun was commissioned as a 소위.”
 Romanized: “Min-jun-neun gunmu haggyo-reul neomeo sowi-ro jeonryeong dwaetda.”
• Colloquial Usage: “He is just a 소위 expert, but he doesn’t really know much.”
 Romanized: “Geu-neun geunyang sowi jeonmung-ga-ida, hajiman geu geu-manh-i jal moreunda.”

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