교수

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈkjo(ː)sʰu]

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• 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