요새

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Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yosae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yosae
McCune–Reischauer?yosae
Yale Romanization?yosay

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 要塞 (fortress)

Noun

요새 (yosae) (hanja 要塞)

  1. fortress

Etymology 2

Contraction of 요사이 (yosai).

Adverb

요새 (yosae)

  1. lately, recently, these days