축구

축구

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 蹴球, from 蹴 (“kick”) + 球 (“ball”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[t͡ɕʰuk̚k͈u]
• Phonetic Hangul[축꾸]

Revised Romanization? chukgu Revised Romanization (translit.)? chuggu McCune–Reischauer? ch'ukku Yale Romanization? chwukqkwu

Noun

축구 • (chukgu) (hanja 蹴球)

1. football, soccer

   축구를 하다

   chukgureul hada

   to play football

Synonyms

• 풋볼 (putbol)

Related terms

• 미식 축구 (misik chukgu, “American football”)