학교

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 學校, from 學 (“learn”) + 校 (“school”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ha̠k̚k͈jo]
• Phonetic hangeul: [학꾜]

Revised Romanization? hakgyo Revised Romanization (translit.)? haggyo McCune–Reischauer? hakkyo Yale Romanization? hakqkyo Audio (file)

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 학교의 / 학교에 / 학교까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on both syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

학교 • (hakgyo) (hanja 學校)

1. school

   우리가 학교에 다녔을 때 이래로

   uriga hakgyoe danyeosseul ttae iraero

   since we went to school; since schooldays