성질

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 性質

Pronunciation

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

Noun

성질 • (seongjil) (hanja 性質)

  1. temper, nature, quality
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