야수

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Korean

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?yasu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yasu
McCune–Reischauer?yasu
Yale Romanization?yāswu

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 野獸.

Noun

야수 (yasu) (hanja 野獸)

  1. beast; brute

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 野手.

Noun

야수 (yasu) (hanja 野手)

  1. (baseball) fielder
    Synonym: 필더 (pildeo)
    Hyponyms: 내야수(內野手) (naeyasu), 외야수(外野手) (oeyasu)