교양

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 敎養

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?gyoyang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gyoyang
McCune–Reischauer?kyoyang
Yale Romanization?kyō.yang

Noun

교양 (gyoyang) (hanja 敎養)

  1. cultivation, refinement, education
  2. (North Korea) political and ideological education