명명

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 命名 (“naming, christening”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmjɘ(ː)ŋmjʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [명(ː)명]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?myeongmyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?myeongmyeong
McCune–Reischauer?myŏngmyŏng
Yale Romanization?myēngmyeng

Noun

명명 • (myeongmyeong) (hanja 命名)

  1. naming, christening
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