Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 老人, from (elder) + (person)

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈno̞(ː)in]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?noin
Revised Romanization (translit.)?noin
McCune–Reischauer?noin
Yale Romanization?nōin
South Korean
Standard Language
노인(老人) (noin)
North Korean
Standard Language
로인(老人) (roin)

Noun edit

노인 (noin) (hanja 老人)

  1. an old person; the elderly