회색기러기

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by TheDaveBot (talk | contribs) as of 12:35, 26 May 2017.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Korean

Etymology

Literally "grey goose." From 회색 (灰色, hoesaek, “grey”) + 기러기 (gireogi, “wild goose”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɸwe̞sʰɛk̚k͈iɾʌ̹ɡi] ~ [hø̞sʰɛk̚k͈iɾʌ̹ɡi] ~ [ɸwe̞sʰe̞k̚k͈iɾʌ̹ɡi] ~ [hø̞sʰe̞k̚k͈iɾʌ̹ɡi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [///]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hoesaekgireogi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hoesaeggileogi
McCune–Reischauer?hoesaekkirŏgi
Yale Romanization?hoysayk.kileki

Noun

회색기러기 (hoesaekgireogi) (hanja 灰色기러기)

  1. The greylag goose, Anser anser.

References

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 7 (last accessed)) “회색기러기”, in 표준국어대사전[1]
  • Lee, Woo-Shin with Tae-Hoe Koo, Jin-Young Park (tr. by Desmond Allen) (2002) A field guide to the birds of Korea, Seoul: LG Evergreen Foundation, →ISBN