연세

Korean

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeonse
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeonse
McCune–Reischauer?yŏnse
Yale Romanization?yensey

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 年歲 (“age; long period of time”).

Noun
South Korean
Standard Language		 연세(年歲) (yeonse)
North Korean
Standard Language		 년세(年歲) (nyeonse)

연세 • (yeonse) (hanja 年歲)

  1. (honorific) age (of a person)
    Synonyms: 나이 (nai), 연령(年齡) (yeollyeong)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 年 (“year”) + 稅 (“tax”).

Noun

연세 • (yeonse) (hanja 年稅)

  1. annual tax
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