근시

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 近視, from 近 (“near”) + 視 (“sight”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɯ(ː)nɕʰi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [근(ː)시]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geunsi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geunsi
McCune–Reischauer?kŭnsi
Yale Romanization?kūnsi

Noun

근시 • (geunsi) (hanja 近視)

  1. (pathology) myopia

See also

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