안경
Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 眼鏡, from 眼 (“eye”) + 鏡 (“glass”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈa̠(ː)nɡjʌ̹ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [안(ː)경]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | an'gyeong |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | angyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer? | an'gyŏng |
| Yale Romanization? | ānkyeng |
- South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 안경의 / 안경에 / 안경까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.
Noun
안경 • (an'gyeong) (hanja 眼鏡)
Derived terms
- 돋보기 안경(眼鏡) (dotbogi an'gyeong, “reading glasses”)
- 색안경(色眼鏡) (saegan'gyeong, “sunglasses”)
- 안경(眼鏡)닦이 (an'gyeongdakki, “glasses cloth, glasses wipe”)
- 안경(眼鏡)돌고래 (an'gyeongdolgorae, “spectacled porpoise”)
- 안경(眼鏡)원숭이 (an'gyeong'wonsung'i, “tarsier”)
- 안경(眼鏡)쟁이 (an'gyeongjaeng'i)
- 안경(眼鏡)집 (an'gyeongjip, “spectacle case”)
- 안경사(眼鏡士) (an'gyeongsa, “optician”)
- 코안경(眼鏡) (koan'gyeong, “pince-nez”)
See also
- 돋보기 (dotbogi)