선봉

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 先鋒

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)nbo̞ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [선(ː)봉]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seonbong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seonbong
McCune–Reischauer?sŏnbong
Yale Romanization?sēnpong

Noun

선봉 • (seonbong) (hanja 先鋒)

  1. pioneer; vanguard

Proper noun

선봉 • (Seonbong) (hanja 先鋒)

  1. Sonbong (a district of Rason, North Korea)
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