상성

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 上聲.

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)ŋsʰʌ̹ŋ]
    • Phonetic hangul: [상(ː)성]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?sangseong
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?sangseong
    McCune–Reischauer?sangsŏng
    Yale Romanization?sāngseng

    Noun

    상성 • (sangseong) (hanja 上聲)

    1. (Chinese phonetics) rising tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese)

    Coordinate terms

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