좌익수

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 左翼手, from 左翼 + 手.

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jwaiksu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jwaigsu
McCune–Reischauer?	chwaiksu
Yale Romanization?	cwāik.swu

Noun

좌익수 • (jwaiksu) (hanja 左翼手)

1. (baseball) left fielder

   Hypernym: 외야수(外野手) (oeyasu, “outfielder”)

   Coordinate terms: 좌익수(左翼手) (jwaiksu), 중견수(中堅手) (junggyeonsu), 우익수(右翼手) (u'iksu)