Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 美人, from (beautiful) + (person)

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

미인 (miin) (hanja 美人)

  1. a beautiful woman, a beauty

Synonyms edit

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