야구

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 野球, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 野(や)球(きゅう) (yakyū).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈja̠(ː)ɡu]
  • Phonetic hangul: [야(ː)구]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yagu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yagu
McCune–Reischauer?yagu
Yale Romanization?yākwu

Noun

야구 • (yagu) (hanja 野球)

  1. baseball (ball game)
    Synonym: 베이스볼 (beiseubol)

Derived terms

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