해파리

Korean

Etymology

From the Sino-Korean term 해팔어 (海八魚 해팔어)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ(ː)pʰa̠ɾi] ~ [ˈhe̞(ː)pʰa̠ɾi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?haepari
Revised Romanization (translit.)?haepali
McCune–Reischauer?haep'ari
Yale Romanization?hāy.phali

Noun

해파리 • (haepari)

  1. jellyfish

Derived terms