폐어

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Korean

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?pyeeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pyeeo
McCune–Reischauer?p'yeŏ
Yale Romanization?phyēy.e

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 肺魚, from (lung) + (fish)

 폐어류 on Korean Wikipedia

Noun

폐어 (pyeeo) (hanja 肺魚)

  1. lungfish

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 廢語, from (obsolete) + (language; word)

Noun

폐어 (pyeeo) (hanja 廢語)

  1. obsolete word; paleologism