Korean edit

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Korean word from 先驅.

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seon'gu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seongu
McCune–Reischauer?sŏn'gu
Yale Romanization?senkwu

Noun edit

Derived verbs
Active 선구하다

선구 (seon'gu) (hanja 先驅)

  1. pioneer; forerunner
    Synonym: 선구자(先驅者) (seon'guja)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Sino-Korean word from 選球.

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)nɡu]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seon'gu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seongu
McCune–Reischauer?sŏn'gu
Yale Romanization?sēnkwu

Noun edit

Derived verbs
Active 선구하다

선구 (seon'gu) (hanja 選球)

  1. (baseball) discerning whether a pitch is a strike or not
Derived terms edit