매음

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 賣淫.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmɛ(ː)ɯm] ~ [ˈme̞(ː)ɯm]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?maeeum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?maeeum
McCune–Reischauer?maeŭm
Yale Romanization?māy.um

Noun

매음 (maeeum) (hanja 賣淫)

  1. prostitution

Derived terms

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