학교

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 學校, from 學 (“learn”) + 校 (“school”)

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ha̠k̚k͈jo]
      • Audio:(file)
    • Phonetic hangul: [학꾜]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?hakgyo
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?haggyo
    McCune–Reischauer?hakkyo
    Yale Romanization?hak.kyo

    South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 학교의 / 학교에 / 학교까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on both syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

    Noun

    학교 • (hakgyo) (hanja 學校)

    1. school
      우리가 학교에 다녔을 때 이래로
      uriga hakgyoe danyeosseul ttae iraero
      since we went to school; since schooldays
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