공격

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 攻擊, from (striking) + (hitting)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈko̞(ː)ŋɡjʌ̹k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gonggyeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gonggyeog
McCune–Reischauer?konggyŏk
Yale Romanization?kōngkyek

Noun

공격 • (gonggyeok) (hanja 攻擊)

  1. attack
    • 2010, “공격전이다 [gonggyeokjeonida]”, 윤두근 [yundugeun] (lyrics), 안정호 [anjeongho] (music):
      백두산 번개처럼 공격! / 정일봉 우뢰처럼 공격! / 공격 공격 공격이다
      Baekdusan beon'gae-cheoreom gonggyeok! / Jeong'ilbong uroe-cheoreom gonggyeok! / Gonggyeok gonggyeok gonggyeokjeon-ida!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (law) charge; accusation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: コンギョ
  • Chinese: (semantic loan) 空優空优 (kōngyōu)