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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 定石 (“standardized (Go) moves”).
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 |
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| Revised Romanization? | jeongseok |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jeongseog |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | chŏngsŏk |
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| Yale Romanization? | cēngsek |
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Noun
정석 • (jeongseok) (hanja 定石)
- standard procedure or practice; tried and tested method
수학의 정석- suhag-ui jeongseok
- standard procedures of mathematics (a very popular math textbook series in Korea)
- (by extension) something very typical (of)
걔 말투가 대구 사투리의 정석이야. (colloquial)- Gyae maltu-ga Daegu saturi-ui jeongseog-iya.
- His accent is a very good example of the Daegu dialect.
- (game of go, original meaning) a studied and standardized sequence of moves in the game of Go
Derived terms