정석

Korean[edit]

Sino-Korean word from 定石 (“standardized (Go) moves”).

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋsʰʌ̹k̚]
Phonetic hangul: [정(ː)석]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jeongseok
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jeongseog
McCune–Reischauer^?	chŏngsŏk
Yale Romanization^?	cēngsek

정석 • (jeongseok) (hanja 定石)

standard procedure or practice; tried and tested method
수학 의 정석
suhag-ui jeongseok
standard procedures of mathematics (a very popular math textbook series in Korea)
(by extension) something very typical (of)
걔 말투 가 대구 사투리 의 정석이야. (colloquial)
Gyae maltu-ga Daegu saturi-ui jeongseog-iya.
His accent is a very good example of the Daegu dialect.
(game of go, original meaning) a studied and standardized sequence of moves in the game of Go