여과

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 濾過, from 濾 (“cleaning”) + 過 (“passing”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)ɡwa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [여(ː)과]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeogwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeogwa
McCune–Reischauer?yŏgwa
Yale Romanization?yēkwa
South Korean
Standard Language 		여과(濾過) (yeogwa)
North Korean
Standard Language 		려과(濾過) (ryeogwa)

Noun

여과 • (yeogwa) (hanja 濾過)

  1. filtration

Derived terms

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