선남선녀

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 선남(善男) (seonnam, “pious man”) + 선녀(善女) (seonnyeo, “pious woman”). Compare Chinese 善男信女 (shànnán xìnnǚ).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)nna̠msʰɘ(ː)nɲʌ̹]
  • Phonetic hangul: [선(ː)남선(ː)녀]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seonnamseonnyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seonnamseonnyeo
McCune–Reischauer?sŏnnamsŏnnyŏ
Yale Romanization?sēnnamsēnnye

Noun

선남선녀 • (seonnamseonnyeo) (hanja 善男善女) (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese)

  1. attractive man and attractive woman
    선남선녀의 연애
    seonnamseonnyeo-ui yeonae
    relationship between a hot guy and girl
  2. (Buddhism, original sense) Buddhist believers at large
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