양성애자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 兩性愛 (“bisexuality”) + 者 (“person”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈja̠(ː)ŋsʰʌ̹ŋɛd͡ʑa̠] ~ [ˈja̠(ː)ŋsʰʌ̹ŋe̞d͡ʑa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [양(ː)성애자/양(ː)성에자]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yangseong'aeja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yangseong'aeja
McCune–Reischauer?yangsŏngaeja
Yale Romanization?yāngsengayca

Noun

양성애자 • (yangseong'aeja) (hanja 兩性愛者)

  1. a bisexual person
    제 아들은 양성애자입니다. ― Je adeur-eun yangseong'aeja-imnida. ― My son is bisexual.
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