성경

Korean

Alternative forms
  • 셩경(聖經) (syeonggyeong) – Early Modern

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 聖經 (“Bible”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋɡjʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)경]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Seonggyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Seonggyeong
McCune–Reischauer?Sŏnggyŏng
Yale Romanization?sēngkyeng

Proper noun

성경 • (Seonggyeong) (hanja 聖經)

  1. Bible (Christian holy book)

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