선구안

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Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Korean word from 選球眼, from 選球 + .

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)nɡua̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seon'guan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seonguan
McCune–Reischauer?sŏn'guan
Yale Romanization?sēnkwuan

Noun[edit]

선구안 (seon'guan) (hanja 選球眼)

  1. (baseball) an eye for discerning whether a pitch is a strike or not