거구

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 巨軀, from 巨 (“giant”) + 軀 (“body”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɘ(ː)ɡu]
  • Phonetic hangul: [거(ː)구]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geogu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geogu
McCune–Reischauer?kŏgu
Yale Romanization?kēkwu

Noun

거구 • (geogu) (hanja 巨軀)

  1. (of a person) huge, giant body

See also

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