여보

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. Potentially derived from familiar case of 여보세요 (yeoboseyo), indicative of a request for attention from the spouse to view something performed or viewed by the first party.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹bo̞]
Phonetic hangul: [여보]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	yeobo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	yeobo
McCune–Reischauer^?	yŏbo
Yale Romanization^?	yepo

Noun

여보 • (yeobo)

(my) darling, honey, sweetheart
여보, 손님 오셨어요.
yeobo, sonnim osyeosseoyo.
Honey, you have a visitor.

Usage notes

The term 여보 is used between significant others, such as a spouses, often as a polite replacement for a second person singular pronoun (너 (neo) or 당신 (dangsin)).

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