비소

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Korean

Chemical element
As
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Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 砒素, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 砒素(ひそ) (hiso).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?biso
Revised Romanization (translit.)?biso
McCune–Reischauer?piso
Yale Romanization?pīso

Noun

비소 (biso) (hanja 砒素)

  1. arsenic