Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 降水, from (descending) + (water)

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈka̠(ː)ŋsʰu]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gangsu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gangsu
McCune–Reischauer?kangsu
Yale Romanization?kāngswu

Noun edit

강수 (gangsu) (hanja 降水)

  1. (weather) precipitation (water falling from the atmosphere)