승극

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 乘隙.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seunggeuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seunggeug
McCune–Reischauer?sŭnggŭk
Yale Romanization?sungkuk

Noun

승극 • (seunggeuk) (hanja 乘隙)

  1. act of seizing an opportunity

Derived terms

  • 승극하다 (乘隙, seunggeukhada, “to seize an opportunity”)