"전공" meaning in Korean

See 전공 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕʌ̹nɡo̞ŋ] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: jeon'gong [romanization], 專攻 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 專攻, from 專 (“monopolize, take sole possession”) + 攻 (“attack, criticize”) Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|專攻}}, {{ko-etym-Sino|專|monopolize, take sole possession|攻|attack, criticize}} Sino-Korean word from 專攻, from 專 (“monopolize, take sole possession”) + 攻 (“attack, criticize”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=專攻}} 전공 • (jeon'gong) (hanja 專攻)
  1. major (area of study) Synonyms: 전업 (jeoneop) [Yanbian]
    Sense id: en-전공-ko-noun-QL5qPtoY Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sino-Korean words, Education Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 26 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 15 11 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 36 43 21 Disambiguation of Education: 100 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕʌ̹nɡo̞ŋ] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: jeon'gong [romanization], 電工 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 電工, from 電 (“electricity”) + 工 (“labor”) Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|電工}}, {{ko-etym-Sino|電|electricity|工|labor}} Sino-Korean word from 電工, from 電 (“electricity”) + 工 (“labor”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=電工}} 전공 • (jeon'gong) (hanja 電工)
  1. electrical engineering, or the electrical industry
    Sense id: en-전공-ko-noun-i53I~ktt Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Sino-Korean words Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 26 63 11 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 24 63 13 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 23 64 14 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 36 43 21
  2. electrician or electrical engineer
    Sense id: en-전공-ko-noun-ml2Vc0Ha Categories (other): Sino-Korean words Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 36 43 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "專攻"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "專",
        "2": "monopolize, take sole possession",
        "3": "攻",
        "4": "attack, criticize"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 專攻, from 專 (“monopolize, take sole possession”) + 攻 (“attack, criticize”)",
      "name": "ko-etym-Sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 專攻, from 專 (“monopolize, take sole possession”) + 攻 (“attack, criticize”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jeon'gong",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "專攻",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "專攻"
      },
      "expansion": "전공 • (jeon'gong) (hanja 專攻)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 26 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 15 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 43 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sino-Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Education",
          "orig": "ko:Education",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What is your major, Mark?",
          "roman": "makeu ssineun jeon'gong'i mwomnikka?",
          "text": "마크 씨는 전공이 뭡니까?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "major (area of study)"
      ],
      "id": "en-전공-ko-noun-QL5qPtoY",
      "links": [
        [
          "major",
          "major"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "jeoneop",
          "tags": [
            "Yanbian"
          ],
          "word": "전업"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕʌ̹nɡo̞ŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "전공"
    },
    {
      "other": "[전공]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "전공"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "電工"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "電",
        "2": "electricity",
        "3": "工",
        "4": "labor"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 電工, from 電 (“electricity”) + 工 (“labor”)",
      "name": "ko-etym-Sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 電工, from 電 (“electricity”) + 工 (“labor”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jeon'gong",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電工",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "電工"
      },
      "expansion": "전공 • (jeon'gong) (hanja 電工)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 63 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 63 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 64 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 43 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sino-Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-전공-ko-noun-i53I~ktt",
      "links": [
        [
          "electrical engineering",
          "electrical engineering"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "36 43 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sino-Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "electrician or electrical engineer"
      ],
      "id": "en-전공-ko-noun-ml2Vc0Ha",
      "links": [
        [
          "electrician",
          "electrician"
        ],
        [
          "electrical engineer",
          "electrical engineer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕʌ̹nɡo̞ŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "전공"
    },
    {
      "other": "[전공]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "전공"
}
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  "categories": [
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    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean nouns",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sino-Korean words",
    "ko:Education"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "專攻"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "專",
        "2": "monopolize, take sole possession",
        "3": "攻",
        "4": "attack, criticize"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 專攻, from 專 (“monopolize, take sole possession”) + 攻 (“attack, criticize”)",
      "name": "ko-etym-Sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 專攻, from 專 (“monopolize, take sole possession”) + 攻 (“attack, criticize”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jeon'gong",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "專攻",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "專攻"
      },
      "expansion": "전공 • (jeon'gong) (hanja 專攻)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What is your major, Mark?",
          "roman": "makeu ssineun jeon'gong'i mwomnikka?",
          "text": "마크 씨는 전공이 뭡니까?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "major (area of study)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "major",
          "major"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕʌ̹nɡo̞ŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "전공"
    },
    {
      "other": "[전공]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "jeoneop",
      "tags": [
        "Yanbian"
      ],
      "word": "전업"
    }
  ],
  "word": "전공"
}

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    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean nouns",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sino-Korean words",
    "ko:Education"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "電工"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "電",
        "2": "electricity",
        "3": "工",
        "4": "labor"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 電工, from 電 (“electricity”) + 工 (“labor”)",
      "name": "ko-etym-Sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 電工, from 電 (“electricity”) + 工 (“labor”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jeon'gong",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電工",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "電工"
      },
      "expansion": "전공 • (jeon'gong) (hanja 電工)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "electrical engineering, or the electrical industry"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "electrical engineering",
          "electrical engineering"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "electrician or electrical engineer"
      ],
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        [
          "electrician",
          "electrician"
        ],
        [
          "electrical engineer",
          "electrical engineer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕʌ̹nɡo̞ŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "전공"
    },
    {
      "other": "[전공]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "전공"
}

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