선구안

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 選球眼, from 選球 + 眼.

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)nɡua̠n]
    • Phonetic hangul: [선(ː)구안]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?seon'guan
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?seonguan
    McCune–Reischauer?sŏn'guan
    Yale Romanization?sēnkwuan

    Noun

    선구안 • (seon'guan) (hanja 選球眼)

    1. (baseball) an eye for discerning whether a pitch is a strike or not
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