요사

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 夭死, from 夭 (“young”) + 死 (“death”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjo(ː)sʰa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [요(ː)사]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yosa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yosa
McCune–Reischauer?yosa
Yale Romanization?yōsa

Noun

요사 • (yosa) (hanja 夭死)

  1. premature death; dying young

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 妖邪 (“evil, wicked”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yosa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yosa
McCune–Reischauer?yosa
Yale Romanization?yosa

Noun

요사 • (yosa) (hanja 妖邪)

  1. capriciousness, wickedness, devilishness

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 尿 (“urine”) + 砂 (“sand”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yosa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yosa
McCune–Reischauer?yosa
Yale Romanization?yosa

Noun

요사 • (yosa) (hanja 尿砂)

  1. (medicine) lithuresis

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yosa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yosa
McCune–Reischauer?yosa
Yale Romanization?yosa

Proper noun

요사 • (Yosa)

  1. short for 요사군 (yosagun) (Yosa District)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yosa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yosa
McCune–Reischauer?yosa
Yale Romanization?yosa

Proper noun

요사 • (Yosa)

  1. a transliteration of the Spanish surname Llosa
    마리오 바르가스 요사 ― mario bareugaseu yosa ― Mario Vargas Llosa
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