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선구

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Korean

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from 先驅.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seon'gu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seongu
McCune–Reischauer?sŏn'gu
Yale Romanization?senkwu

Noun

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Derived verbs
Active 선구하다

선구 (seon'gu) (hanja 先驅)

  1. pioneer; forerunner
    Synonym: 선구자(先驅者) (seon'guja)
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from 選球.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)nɡu]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seon'gu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seongu
McCune–Reischauer?sŏn'gu
Yale Romanization?sēnkwu

Noun

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Derived verbs
Active 선구하다

선구 (seon'gu) (hanja 選球)

  1. (baseball) discerning whether a pitch is a strike or not
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