공교

Korean

Etymology 1

    Sino-Korean word from 工巧, from 工 (“skill”) + 巧 (“coincidentally”)

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?gonggyo
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?gonggyo
    McCune–Reischauer?konggyo
    Yale Romanization?kongkyo

    Noun

    공교 • (gonggyo) (hanja 工巧)

    1. strange talent
    2. strange coincidence
    Derived terms
    • 공교롭다 (gonggyoropda, “to be strangely coincidental”)

    Etymology 2

      Sino-Korean word from 孔敎 (“Confucianism”)

      Pronunciation

      • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈko̞(ː)ŋɡjo]
      • Phonetic hangul: [공(ː)교]
        • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
      Romanizations
      Revised Romanization?gonggyo
      Revised Romanization (translit.)?gonggyo
      McCune–Reischauer?konggyo
      Yale Romanization?kōngkyo

      Noun

      공교 • (gonggyo) (hanja 孔敎)

      1. Confucianism
      Synonyms
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