선구안

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 選球眼, from 選球 + 眼.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)nɡua̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [선(ː)구안]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seon'guan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seonguan
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏn'guan
Yale Romanization?	sēnkwuan

Noun

선구안 • (seon'guan) (hanja 選球眼)

1. (baseball) an eye for discerning whether a pitch is a strike or not