상성

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 上聲.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)ŋsʰʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [상(ː)성]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sangseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sangseong
McCune–Reischauer?sangsŏng
Yale Romanization?sāngseng

Noun

상성 • (sangseong) (hanja 上聲)

  1. (Chinese phonetics) rising tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese)

Coordinate terms

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