미성

Sino-Korean word from 美聲, from 美 (“beautiful”) + 聲 (“sound”).

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

미성 • (miseong) (hanja 美聲)

1. beautiful voice

   발음을 해주는 게 그녀였다면, 나는 사전의 모든 단어를 통째로 외워버릴 자신도 있었다. 들어도 들어도 안 질리는 미성이었다.

   Bareum-eul hae-juneun ge geunyeo-yeotda-myeon, na-neun sajeon-ui modeun daneo-reul tongjjaero oewo-beoril jasin-do isseotda. Deureo-do deureo-do an jillineun miseong-ieotda.

   If it'd been her pronouncing , I was sure I could've memorized every word in the entire dictionary. It was a beautiful voice you couldn't get tired of even if you heard it again and again.

Sino-Korean word from 微 (“small”) + 聲 (“sound”).

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미성 • (miseong) (hanja 微聲)

1. tiny sound
   • 2014, 동국기(전9권/완결) [donggukgi(jeon9gwon/wan'gyeol)]‎, 로크미디어 [rokeumidieo]:

     언제부터인가 송연한 느낌을 주는 미성微聲이 귀에 들렸다.

     Eonje-buteo-in'ga song'yeonhan neukkim-eul juneun miseong-i gwi-e deullyeotda.

     At some point, he heard a tiny sound that sent a chill down his spine.

Sino-Korean word from 微 (“tiny”) + 誠 (“care, contribution”).

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미성 • (miseong) (hanja 微誠)

1. (humble) one's own contributions