요새

Korean

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [josʰɛ] ~ [josʰe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [요새/요세]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yosae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yosae
McCune–Reischauer?yosae
Yale Romanization?yosay

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 要塞 (“fortress”)

Noun

요새 • (yosae) (hanja 要塞)

  1. fortress

Etymology 2

Contraction of 요사이 (yosai).

Adverb

요새 • (yosae)

  1. lately, recently, these days
    요새 입맛이 통 없어.
    Yosae immas-i tong eopseo.
    I have no appetite these days.
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