채굴

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 採掘.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰɛ(ː)ɡuɭ] ~ [ˈt͡ɕʰe̞(ː)ɡuɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chaegul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chaegul
McCune–Reischauer?ch'aegul
Yale Romanization?chāykwul

Noun

채굴 • (chaegul) (hanja 採掘)

  1. mining

Derived terms