공교
Korean
editEtymology 1
editSino-Korean word from 工巧, from 工 (“skill”) + 巧 (“coincidentally”)
Pronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ko̞ŋɡjo]
- Phonetic hangul: [공교]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | gonggyo |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gonggyo |
McCune–Reischauer? | konggyo |
Yale Romanization? | kongkyo |
Noun
editDerived terms
edit- 공교롭다 (gonggyoropda, “to be strangely coincidental”)
Etymology 2
editSino-Korean word from 孔敎 (“Confucianism”)
Pronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈko̞(ː)ŋɡjo]
- Phonetic hangul: [공(ː)교]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | gonggyo |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gonggyo |
McCune–Reischauer? | konggyo |
Yale Romanization? | kōngkyo |