Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 係數, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 係数 (keisū)

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkje̞(ː)sʰu] ~ [ˈke̞(ː)sʰu]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gyesu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gyesu
McCune–Reischauer?kyesu
Yale Romanization?kyēyswu

Noun

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계수 (gyesu) (hanja 係數)

  1. (mathematics) coefficient