효소

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 酵素, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 酵素(こうそ) (kōso)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈço(ː)sʰo̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [효(ː)소]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hyoso
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hyoso
McCune–Reischauer?hyoso
Yale Romanization?hyōso

Noun

효소 • (hyoso) (hanja 酵素)

  1. an enzyme

Derived terms

See also
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