염색체

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 染色體 (“chromosome”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)msʰɛk̚t͡ɕʰe̞] ~ [ˈjɘ(ː)msʰe̞k̚t͡ɕʰe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [염(ː)색체/염(ː)섹체]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeomsaekche
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeomsaegche
McCune–Reischauer?yŏmsaekch'e
Yale Romanization?yēmsaykchey

Noun

염색체 • (yeomsaekche) (hanja 染色體)

  1. (cytology, genetics) chromosome
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