상성

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 上聲.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)ŋsʰʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [상(ː)성]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sangseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sangseong
McCune–Reischauer?	sangsŏng
Yale Romanization?	sāngseng

Noun

상성 • (sangseong) (hanja 上聲)

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

Coordinate terms

• 평성 (平聲, pyeongseong)
• 거성 (去聲, geoseong)
• 입성 (入聲, ipseong)