부전승

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 不戰勝, from 不 (“no”) + 戰 (“battle”) + 勝 (“victory”), from the Chinese idiom 不戰而勝／不战而胜 (bùzhàn'érshèng, “to win without fighting”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pud͡ʑʌ̹nsʰɯŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [부전승]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bujeonseung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bujeonseung
McCune–Reischauer?	pujŏnsŭng
Yale Romanization?	pucensung

Noun

부전승 • (bujeonseung) (hanja 不戰勝)

1. (sports) bye (a situation in which a person or team is automatically advanced to the next round of a tournament, without having to play an opponent in an early round)