Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 眼鏡, from (eye) + (glass).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈa̠(ː)nɡjʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?an'gyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?angyeong
McCune–Reischauer?an'gyŏng
Yale Romanization?ānkyeng
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 의 / 안에 / 안경

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

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안경 (an'gyeong) (hanja 眼鏡)

  1. glasses, spectacles
    Synonym: (Yanbian dialect) 메가나 (megana)
    아빠 안경 쓰고 있습니다.Appa-neun an'gyeong-eul sseugo itseumnida.My daddy is wearing glasses.

Derived terms

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See also

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