공교

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 工巧, from 工 (“skill”) + 巧 (“coincidentally”)

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gonggyo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gonggyo
McCune–Reischauer?konggyo
Yale Romanization?kongkyo

Noun

공교 • (gonggyo) (hanja 工巧)

  1. strange talent
  2. strange coincidence
Derived terms
  • 공교롭다 (gonggyoropda, “to be strangely coincidental”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 孔敎 (“Confucianism”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈko̞(ː)ŋɡjo]
  • Phonetic hangul: [공(ː)교]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gonggyo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gonggyo
McCune–Reischauer?konggyo
Yale Romanization?kōngkyo

Noun

공교 • (gonggyo) (hanja 孔敎)

  1. Confucianism
Synonyms
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