선구안
Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 選球眼, from 選球 + 眼.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)nɡua̠n]
- Phonetic hangul: [선(ː)구안]
- Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | seon'guan |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seonguan |
| McCune–Reischauer? | sŏn'guan |
| Yale Romanization? | sēnkwuan |
Noun
선구안 • (seon'guan) (hanja 選球眼)
- (baseball) an eye for discerning whether a pitch is a strike or not