중성자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 中性子, from 中性 (“neutrality”) + 子 (“particle”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuŋsʰʌ̹ŋd͡ʑa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [중성자]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jungseongja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jungseongja
McCune–Reischauer?	chungsŏngja
Yale Romanization?	cwungsengca

Noun

중성자 • (jungseongja) (hanja 中性子)

1. neutron

Hypernyms

• 중입자 (jung'ipja, “baryon”)
• 핵자 (haekja, “nucleon”)

Coordinate terms

• 전자 (jeonja, “electron”)
• 양성자 (yangseongja, “proton”)

Derived terms

• 중성자별 (中性子–, jungseongjabyeol, “neutron star”)