입성
Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 入聲 (“entering tone, checked tone”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ips͈ʌ̹ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [입썽]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | ipseong |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ibseong |
| McCune–Reischauer? | ipsŏng |
| Yale Romanization? | ip.seng |
Noun
입성 • (ipseong) (hanja 入聲)
- (Chinese phonetics) entering tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese)
Coordinate terms
- 평성(平聲) (pyeongseong, “even tone, level tone”)
- 상성(上聲) (sangseong, “rising tone”)
- 거성(去聲) (geoseong, “departing tone, going tone”)