반구

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 半球, from 半 (“half”) + 球 (“sphere”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpa̠(ː)nɡu]
  • Phonetic hangul: [반(ː)구]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ban'gu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bangu
McCune–Reischauer?pan'gu
Yale Romanization?pānkwu

Noun

반구 • (ban'gu) (hanja 半球)

  1. hemisphere (half of the Earth)
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