요절

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 夭折 (“die young”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjo(ː)d͡ʑʌ̹ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [요(ː)절]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yojeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yojeol
McCune–Reischauer?yojŏl
Yale Romanization?yōcel

Noun

요절 • (yojeol) (hanja 夭折)

  1. premature death

Derived terms
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.