성부

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 聖父

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋbu]
• Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)부]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seongbu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seongbu
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏngbu
Yale Romanization?	sēngpu

Noun

성부 • (seongbu) (hanja 聖父)

1. (Christianity) God the Father, Holy Father

Related terms

• 성자 (seongja)
• 성신 (seongsin), 성령 (seongnyeong)