정석

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 定石 (“standardized (Go) moves”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋsʰʌ̹k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [정(ː)석]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeongseok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongseog
McCune–Reischauer?chŏngsŏk
Yale Romanization?cēngsek

Noun

정석 • (jeongseok) (hanja 定石)

  1. standard procedure or practice; tried and tested method
    수학의 정석
    suhag-ui jeongseok
    standard procedures of mathematics (a very popular math textbook series in Korea)
  2. (by extension) something very typical (of)
    걔 말투가 대구 사투리의 정석이야. (colloquial)
    Gyae maltu-ga Daegu saturi-ui jeongseog-iya.
    His accent is a very good example of the Daegu dialect.
  3. (game of go, original meaning) a studied and standardized sequence of moves in the game of Go

Derived terms

  • 정석적 (定石的, jeongseokjeok)
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