유격수

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 遊擊手, from 遊擊 + 手.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [juɡjʌ̹ks͈u]
• Phonetic hangul: [유격쑤]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yugyeoksu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yugyeogsu
McCune–Reischauer?	yugyŏksu
Yale Romanization?	yukyek.swu

Noun

유격수 • (yugyeoksu) (hanja 遊擊手)

1. (baseball) shortstop

   Synonym: 쇼트 (syoteu)

   Hypernym: 내야수(內野手) (naeyasu, “infielder”)

   Coordinate terms: 1루수(一壘手) (illusu), 2루수(二壘手) (irusu), 3루수(三壘手) (samnusu), 유격수(遊擊手) (yugyeoksu)