경쟁

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 競爭, from 競 (“struggle”) + 爭 (“struggle”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkjɘ(ː)ŋd͡ʑɛŋ] ~ [ˈkjɘ(ː)ŋd͡ʑe̞ŋ]
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  • Phonetic hangul: [경(ː)쟁/경(ː)젱]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gyeongjaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gyeongjaeng
McCune–Reischauer?kyŏngjaeng
Yale Romanization?kyēngcayng

Noun

경쟁 • (gyeongjaeng) (hanja 競爭)

  1. competition

Derived terms

  • 경쟁하다 (gyeongjaenghada, “to compete”)
  • 경쟁적 (gyeongjaengjeok, “competitive”)
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