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)

  1. glasses, spectacles
    Synonym: (Yanbian dialect) 메가나 (megana)
    아빠는 안경을 쓰고 있습니다. ― Appa-neun an'gyeong-eul sseugo itseumnida. ― My daddy is wearing glasses.

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