공기

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 空氣, from 空 (“empty”) + 氣 (“breath”)

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gonggi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gonggi
McCune–Reischauer?konggi
Yale Romanization?kongki

Noun

공기 • (gonggi) (hanja 空氣)

  1. air
  • 대기 (daegi, “atmosphere”)

Etymology 2

First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean 공긔 (Yale: kwongkuy).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈko̞(ː)ŋɡi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [공(ː)기]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gonggi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gonggi
McCune–Reischauer?konggi
Yale Romanization?kōngki

Noun
공기 (gonggi).

공기 • (gonggi)

  1. Gonggi, a Korean children's game similar to jacks.
Synonyms
  • 공기받기 (gonggibatgi)
See also
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