계란

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 鷄卵, from 鷄 (“chicken”) + 卵 (“egg”)

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kje̞ɾa̠n] ~ [ke̞ɾa̠n]
    • Phonetic hangul: [계란/게란]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?gyeran
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?gyelan
    McCune–Reischauer?kyeran
    Yale Romanization?kyeylan

    South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 계란의 / 계란에 / 계란까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

    Noun

    계란 • (gyeran) (hanja 鷄卵)

    1. chicken egg

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