련인

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 戀人 (“lover, sweetheart”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɾjɘ(ː)nin]
  • Phonetic hangul: [려(ː)닌]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ryeonin
Revised Romanization (translit.)?lyeon'in
McCune–Reischauer?ryŏnin
Yale Romanization?lyēn.in

Noun

련인 • (ryeonin) (hanja 戀人)

  1. North Korea standard form of 연인 (yeonin, “one's love; lover; boyfriend or girlfriend”)
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