거인

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 巨人, from 巨 (“giant”) + 人 (“human”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɘ(ː)in]
  • Phonetic hangul: [거(ː)인]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geoin
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geoin
McCune–Reischauer?kŏin
Yale Romanization?kēin

Noun

거인 • (geoin) (hanja 巨人)

  1. giant (mythical human)
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