거세

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 去勢, from 去 (“loss”) + 勢 (“power”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

거세 • (geose) (hanja 去勢)

  1. castration of an animal
  2. (politics) exclusion from power
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