미녀

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 美女, from 美 (“beautiful”) + 女 (“female”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmi(ː)ɲʌ̹]
  • Phonetic hangul: [미(ː)녀]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?minyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?minyeo
McCune–Reischauer?minyŏ
Yale Romanization?mīnye

Noun

미녀 • (minyeo) (hanja 美女)

  1. beauty, beautiful woman
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