거유
Korean
editPronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɘ(ː)ju]
- Phonetic hangul: [거(ː)유]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | geoyu |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | geoyu |
McCune–Reischauer? | kŏyu |
Yale Romanization? | kē.yu |
Etymology 1
editSino-Korean word from 巨乳, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 巨乳 (kyonyū, “large breasts”). First popularized around 2005 via Japanese media.
Noun
edit- (colloquial) large breasts (of a woman)
- (colloquial) a busty woman
Etymology 2
editSino-Korean word from 巨 (“tremendous”) + 儒 (“Confucian”).
Noun
editMiddle Korean
editPronunciation
editNoun
edit거유〮 (kèyú)
Descendants
edit- Korean: 거위 (geowi)
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- Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable
- Korean terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sino-Korean words
- Korean terms borrowed from Japanese
- Korean orthographic borrowings from Japanese
- Korean terms derived from Japanese
- Korean lemmas
- Korean nouns
- Korean colloquialisms
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- Middle Korean terms with IPA pronunciation
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