세포

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 細胞, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 細胞(さいぼう) (saibō).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰe̞(ː)pʰo̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [세(ː)포]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sepo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sepo
McCune–Reischauer?sep'o
Yale Romanization?sēy.pho

Noun

세포 • (sepo) (hanja 細胞)

  1. (biology) cell
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