정석

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 定石 (“standardized (Go) moves”).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋsʰʌ̹k̚]
    • Phonetic hangul: [정(ː)석]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?jeongseok
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongseog
    McCune–Reischauer?chŏngsŏk
    Yale Romanization?cēngsek

    Noun

    정석 • (jeongseok) (hanja 定石)

    1. standard procedure or practice; tried and tested method
      수학의 정석
      suhag-ui jeongseok
      standard procedures of mathematics (a very popular math textbook series in Korea)
    2. (by extension) something very typical (of)
      걔 말투가 대구 사투리의 정석이야. (colloquial)
      Gyae maltu-ga Daegu saturi-ui jeongseog-iya.
      His accent is a very good example of the Daegu dialect.
    3. (game of go, original meaning) a studied and standardized sequence of moves in the game of Go

    Derived terms

    • 정석적 (定石的, jeongseokjeok)
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