학교

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ha̠k̚k͈jo]
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  • 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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