미인

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 美人, from 美 (“beautiful”) + 人 (“person”)

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

Noun

미인 • (miin) (hanja 美人)

  1. a beautiful woman, a beauty

Synonyms
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