공기

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 空氣, from 空 (“empty”) + 氣 (“breath”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞ŋɡi]
• Phonetic hangeul: [공기]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gonggi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gonggi
McCune–Reischauer?	konggi
Yale Romanization?	kongki

Noun

공기 • (gonggi) (hanja 空氣)

1. air

Related terms

• 대기 (daegi, “atmosphere”)

Etymology 2

First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean 공긔 (Yale: kwongkuy).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈko̞(ː)ŋɡi]
• Phonetic hangeul: [공(ː)기]
  • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, the great majority of speakers (in both Koreas) no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gonggi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gonggi
McCune–Reischauer?	konggi
Yale Romanization?	kōngki

Noun

공기 (gonggi).

공기 • (gonggi)

1. Gonggi, a Korean children's game similar to jacks.

Synonyms

• 공기받기 (gonggibatgi)

See also

• Gonggi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia