선구

선구

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 先驅.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹nɡu]
• Phonetic hangul: [선구]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seon'gu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seongu
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏn'gu
Yale Romanization?	senkwu

Noun

Derived verbs

Active	선구하다

선구 • (seon'gu) (hanja 先驅)

1. pioneer; forerunner

   Synonym: 선구자(先驅者) (seon'guja)

Derived terms

• 선구자(先驅者) (seon'guja)
• 선구적(先驅的) (seon'gujeok)

 

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 選球.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)nɡu]
• Phonetic hangul: [선(ː)구]
  • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seon'gu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seongu
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏn'gu
Yale Romanization?	sēnkwu

Noun

Derived verbs

Active	선구하다

선구 • (seon'gu) (hanja 選球)

1. (baseball) discerning whether a pitch is a strike or not

Derived terms

• 선구안(選球眼) (seon'guan)