풍년

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 豊年.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pʰuŋɲʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pungnyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pungnyeon
McCune–Reischauer?p'ungnyŏn
Yale Romanization?phungnyen

Noun

풍년 • (pungnyeon) (hanja 豊年)

  1. year of plentiful harvest
    Antonym: 흉년(凶年) (hyungnyeon)

Derived terms

  • 풍년화 (豊年花, pungnyeonhwa, “witch hazel”)