야구 선수

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 野球選手, from 野球 (“baseball”) + 選手 (“player”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠ɡu sʰɘ(ː)nsʰu]
• Phonetic hangul: [야구 선(ː)수]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yagu seonsu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yagu seonsu
McCune–Reischauer?	yagu sŏnsu
Yale Romanization?	yakwu sēnswu

Noun

야구 선수 • (yagu seonsu) (hanja 野球選手)

1. baseball player