야구

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 野球, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 野(や)球(きゅう) (yakyū).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yagu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yagu
McCune–Reischauer?	yagu
Yale Romanization?	yākwu

Noun

야구 • (yagu) (hanja 野球)

1. baseball (ball game)

   Synonym: 베이스볼 (beiseubol)

Derived terms

• 야구 동영상 (yagu dong'yeongsang)
• 야구공 (yagugong)
• 야구장(野球場) (yagujang)
• 야구화(野球靴) (yaguhwa)