광업

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 鑛業 (mining)

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkwa̠(ː)ŋʌ̹p̚]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?gwang'eop
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?gwang'eob
    McCune–Reischauer?kwangŏp
    Yale Romanization?kwāngep

    Noun

    광업 • (gwang'eop) (hanja 鑛業)

    1. mining