선구안
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Korean word from 選球眼, from 選球 + 眼.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)nɡua̠n]
- Phonetic hangul: [선(ː)구안]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | seon'guan |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seonguan |
| McCune–Reischauer? | sŏn'guan |
| Yale Romanization? | sēnkwuan |
Noun
[edit]- (baseball) an eye for discerning whether a pitch is a strike or not