행운아

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 幸運兒

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ(ː)ŋuna̠] ~ [ˈhe̞(ː)ŋuna̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [행(ː)우나/헹(ː)우나]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?haeng'una
Revised Romanization (translit.)?haeng'un'a
McCune–Reischauer?haenguna
Yale Romanization?hāyngwun.a

Noun

행운아 • (haeng'una) (hanja 幸運兒)

  1. a child of fortune; fortune's favourite; lucky person
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