선녀

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 仙女.

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seonnyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seonnyeo
McCune–Reischauer?sŏnnyŏ
Yale Romanization?sennye

Noun

선녀 • (seonnyeo) (hanja 仙女)

  1. (Taoism) fairy

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 善女.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)nɲʌ̹]
  • Phonetic hangul: [선(ː)녀]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seonnyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seonnyeo
McCune–Reischauer?sŏnnyŏ
Yale Romanization?sēnnye

Noun

선녀 • (seonnyeo) (hanja 善女)

  1. (Buddhism) a pious woman; a woman with a good character
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