운동

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 運動 (“movement”). Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 運動(うんどう) (undō).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈu(ː)ndo̞ŋ]

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• Phonetic hangul: [운(ː)동]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	undong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	undong
McCune–Reischauer?	undong
Yale Romanization?	wūntong

Noun

운동 • (undong) (hanja 運動)

1. exercise, physical activity; sport, sports

   운동은 어떤 직업을 가지든 유용한 것 같군. ― Undong-eun eotteon jigeob-eul gajideun yuyonghan geot gatgun. ― Exercise seems to be useful in any profession.

2. movement in general

Derived terms

• 운동(運動)하다 (undonghada, “to exercise”)
• 운동장(運動場) (undongjang, “playground”)

Related terms

• 검도(劍道) (geomdo)
• 농구(籠球) (nonggu)
• 레슬링 (reseulling)
• 무술(武術) (musul)
• 배구(排球) (baegu)
• 배드민턴 (baedeuminteon)
• 사격(射擊) (sagyeok)
• 수영(水泳) (suyeong)
• 승마(乘馬) (seungma)
• 양궁(洋弓) (yanggung)
• 역도(力道) (yeokdo)
• 유도(柔道) (yudo)
• 육상(陸上) (yuksang)
• 줄넘기 (julleomgi)
• 체조(體操) (chejo)
• 축구(蹴球) (chukgu)
• 탁구(卓球) (takgu)
• 태권도(跆拳道) (taegwondo)
• 펜싱 (pensing)
• 하키 (haki)
• 핸드볼 (haendeubol)