영구성

Korean

Etymology

영구(永久) (yeonggu, “permanence”) +‎ 성(性) (-seong, “-ness/-ity”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjʌ̹(ː)ŋɡus͈ʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [영(ː)구썽]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeongguseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeongguseong
McCune–Reischauer?yŏnggussŏng
Yale Romanization?yēngkwuqseng

Noun

영구성 • (yeongguseong) (hanja 永久性)

  1. permanency, perpetuity
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