안경

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 眼鏡, from 眼 (“eye”) + 鏡 (“glass”).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	an'gyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	angyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	an'gyŏng
Yale Romanization?	ānkyeng

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 안경의 / 안경에 / 안경까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

안경 • (an'gyeong) (hanja 眼鏡)

1. glasses, spectacles

   Synonym: (Yanbian dialect) 메가나 (megana)

   아빠는 안경을 쓰고 있습니다. ― Appa-neun an'gyeong-eul sseugo itseumnida. ― My daddy is wearing glasses.

Derived terms

• 돋보기 안경(眼鏡) (dotbogi an'gyeong, “reading glasses”)
• 색안경(色眼鏡) (saegan'gyeong, “sunglasses”)
• 안경(眼鏡)돌고래 (an'gyeongdolgorae, “spectacled porpoise”)
• 안경(眼鏡)원숭이 (an'gyeong'wonsung'i, “tarsier”)
• 안경(眼鏡)쟁이 (an'gyeongjaeng'i)
• 안경(眼鏡)집 (an'gyeongjip, “spectacle case”)
• 안경사(眼鏡士) (an'gyeongsa, “optician”)
• 코안경(眼鏡) (koan'gyeong, “pince-nez”)

See also

• 돋보기 (dotbogi)