혈액검사

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 혈액(血液) (hyeoraek, “blood”) + 검사(檢査) (geomsa, “examination”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [çʌ̹ɾɛk̚ kɘ(ː)msʰa̠] ~ [çʌ̹ɾe̞k̚ kɘ(ː)msʰa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [혀랙 검(ː)사/혀렉 검(ː)사]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hyeoraek geomsa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hyeol'aeg geomsa
McCune–Reischauer?hyŏraek kŏmsa
Yale Romanization?hyel.ayk kēmsa

Noun

혈액검사 • (hyeoraekgeomsa) (hanja 血液檢査)

  1. blood test
    Synonym: 피검사(檢査) (pigeomsa)
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