정맥

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 靜脈, from 靜 (“still”) + 脈 (“pulse”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 静脈(じょうみゃく) (jōmyaku)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ŋmɛk̚] ~ [t͡ɕʌ̹ŋme̞k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [정맥/정멕]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeongmaek
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongmaeg
McCune–Reischauer?chŏngmaek
Yale Romanization?cengmayk

Noun

정맥 • (jeongmaek) (hanja 靜脈)

  1. (anatomy) vein

Antonyms

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