경기

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Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 競技, from 競 (“contest”) + 技 (“talent”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gyeonggi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gyeonggi
McCune–Reischauer?kyŏnggi
Yale Romanization?kyēngki

Noun

경기 • (gyeonggi) (hanja 競技)

  1. (sports, athletics) a sporting or athletic competition or match
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 京畿, from 京 (“capital”) + 畿 (“capital precinct”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gyeonggi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gyeonggi
McCune–Reischauer?kyŏnggi
Yale Romanization?kyengki

Noun

경기 • (gyeonggi) (hanja 京畿)

  1. capital city and its surrounding area

Proper noun

경기 • (Gyeonggi) (hanja 京畿)

  1. Gyeonggi (a province of South Korea)
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