선구안

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 選球眼, from 選球 + 眼.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)nɡua̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [선(ː)구안]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seon'guan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seonguan
McCune–Reischauer?sŏn'guan
Yale Romanization?sēnkwuan

Noun

선구안 • (seon'guan) (hanja 選球眼)

  1. (baseball) an eye for discerning whether a pitch is a strike or not
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