Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 建設, from (build) + (build)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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건설 (geonseol) (hanja 建設)

  1. construction

Derived terms

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See also

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