잉여

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 剩餘

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈi(ː)ŋjʌ̹]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ing'yeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ing'yeo
McCune–Reischauer?ingyŏ
Yale Romanization?īngye

Noun

잉여 • (ing'yeo) (hanja 剩餘)

  1. surplus, overplus, remainder
  2. (mathematics) remainder