게양

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 揭揚.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈke̞(ː)ja̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [게(ː)양]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geyang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geyang
McCune–Reischauer?keyang
Yale Romanization?kēyyang

Noun

게양 • (geyang) (hanja 揭揚)

  1. hoisting; raising (a flag)
    국기를 게양하다
    gukgi-reul geyanghada
    to raise the national flag

Derived terms
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