입성

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 入聲 (“entering tone, checked tone”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ips͈ʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [입썽]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ipseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ibseong
McCune–Reischauer?	ipsŏng
Yale Romanization?	ip.seng

Noun

입성 • (ipseong) (hanja 入聲)

1. (Chinese phonetics) entering tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese)

Coordinate terms

• 평성(平聲) (pyeongseong, “even tone, level tone”)
• 상성(上聲) (sangseong, “rising tone”)
• 거성(去聲) (geoseong, “departing tone, going tone”)