농구

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 籠球, from 籠 (“basket”) + 球 (“ball”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 籠(ろう)球(きゅう) (rōkyū).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [no̞ŋɡu]
• Phonetic hangul: [농구]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	nonggu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	nonggu
McCune–Reischauer?	nonggu
Yale Romanization?	nongkwu

Noun

농구 • (nonggu) (hanja 籠球)

South Korean Standard Language	농구(籠球) (nonggu)
North Korean Standard Language	롱구(籠球) (ronggu)

1. (sports) basketball

Derived terms

• 농구하다 (籠球—, nongguhada, “to play basketball”)
• 농구공 (籠球공, nonggugong, “a basketball (ball)”)
• 농구 선수 (籠球選手, nonggu seonsu, “basketball player”)