성별

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 性別 (“sex, gender”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋbjʌ̹ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)별]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seongbyeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seongbyeol
McCune–Reischauer?sŏngbyŏl
Yale Romanization?sēngpyel

Noun

성별 • (seongbyeol) (hanja 性別)

  1. sex, gender

Synonyms

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