농구

Korean

Derived verbs

Active	농구하다

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 籠球, from 籠 (“basket”) + 球 (“ball”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 籠(ろう)球(きゅう) (rōkyū).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [no̞ŋɡu]
• Phonetic hangul: [농구]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	nonggu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	nonggu
McCune–Reischauer?	nonggu
Yale Romanization?	nongkwu

Noun

South Korean Standard Language	농구(籠球) (nonggu)
North Korean Standard Language	롱구(籠球) (ronggu)

농구 • (nonggu) (hanja 籠球)

1. (sports) basketball

   Synonym: 바스켓볼 (baseuketbol)

Derived terms

• 농구 선수(籠球選手) (nonggu seonsu)
• 농구공 (nonggugong)
• 농구화(籠球靴) (nongguhwa)