사면

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 赦免 (“pardon, amnesty”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)mjʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [사(ː)면]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?samyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?samyeon
McCune–Reischauer?samyŏn
Yale Romanization?sāmyen

Noun

사면 • (samyeon) (hanja 赦免)

  1. pardon; amnesty

Derived terms

  • 사면하다 (赦免‒, samyeonhada, “to pardon”)
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