"이 고층 건물은 마천루예요."

Translation: This high-rise building is a skyscraper.

[CF00l]

이 高層 建物은 摩天樓예요

[KimChulay]

What is a high-rise building?

[audy818062]

Why does pronounciation of the skyscraper part doesn't seem to match the writing?

[dibidibidis_]

It's probably because of the 받침. 받침 is the ending consonant on a syllable, there a few rules of pronounciation when it comes for that. In this case, the ㄴ + ㄹ turns into a double ㄹ, so 마천루 is pronounced as /마철루/

[slowsummits]

in english 'high-rise' and 'skyscraper' are interchangeable to the vast majority of people. are the korean words 고층 건물 and 마천루 ?