평양

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 平壤; from Middle Korean 부루나 (pwulwuna, “flat land”), written in idu.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pʰjʌ̹ŋja̠ŋ]
    • Audio:(file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [평양]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Pyeong'yang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Pyeong'yang
McCune–Reischauer?P'yŏngyang
Yale Romanization?phyengyang

Proper noun

평양 • (Pyeong'yang) (hanja 平壤)

  1. Pyongyang (the capital city of North Korea)

Descendants

  • → English: Pyongyang
  • → Mongolian:
    Cyrillic script: Пёнъян (Pjonʺjan), Пёньян (Pjonʹjan)
    Mongolian script: ᠫᠾᠧᠨᠢᠶᠠᠩ (phēniyang)
  • → Russian: Пхенья́н (Pxenʹján), Пхёнъя́н (Pxjonʺján) — rare
    • → Armenian: Փխենյան (Pʻxenyan)
    • → Azerbaijani: Pxenyan
    • → Georgian: ფხენიანი (pxeniani)
    • → Latvian: Phenjana
    • → Lithuanian: Pchenjanas
    • → Mongolian:
      Cyrillic script: (dated) Пхеньян (Pxenʹjan)
    • → Polish: Phenian
    • → Ukrainian: Пхеньян (Pxenʹjan)
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