망원경

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 望遠鏡 (“telescope”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈma̠(ː)ŋwʌ̹nɡjʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [망(ː)원경]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mang'won'gyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mang'wongyeong
McCune–Reischauer?mangwŏn'gyŏng
Yale Romanization?māngwenkyeng

Noun

망원경 • (mang'won'gyeong) (hanja 望遠鏡)

  1. telescope
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