교수

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 敎授, from 敎 (“teaching”) + 授 (“giving”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkjo(ː)sʰu]
    • Audio:(file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [교(ː)수]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gyosu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gyosu
McCune–Reischauer?kyosu
Yale Romanization?kyōswu

Noun

교수 • (gyosu) (hanja 敎授)

  1. instruction
  2. professor
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