성경

Korean

Alternative forms

• 셩경(聖經) (syeonggyeong) — Early Modern

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 聖經 (“Bible”)

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Seonggyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Seonggyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	Sŏnggyŏng
Yale Romanization?	sēngkyeng

Proper noun

성경 • (Seonggyeong) (hanja 聖經)

1. Bible (Christian holy book)

Synonyms

• 성서 (聖書, Seongseo)
• 성전 (聖典, Seongjeon)

Derived terms

• 구약성경 (舊約聖經, guyakseonggyeong)
• 신약성경 (新約聖經, sinyakseonggyeong)