분자
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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 分子, from 分 (“to divide”) + 子. Borrowed from Japanese 分子 (bunshi), from Middle Chinese 分子 (pjun tsiX).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | bunja |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | bunja |
| McCune–Reischauer? | punja |
| Yale Romanization? | pun.ca |
Noun
- (chemistry) molecule
- (arithmetic) numerator
- (politics) element, faction
- 당내의 반동 분자를 일소해야 한다.
- dangnae-ui bandong bunja-reul ilsohaeya handa.
- We must cleanse the party of its reactionary element.
Derived terms
- 생체분자 (生體分子, saengchebunja, “biomolecule”)