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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 檢疫.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɘ(ː)mjʌ̹k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geomyeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geom'yeog
McCune–Reischauer?kŏmyŏk
Yale Romanization?kēm.yek

Noun

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검역 (geomyeok) (hanja 檢疫)

  1. quarantine

Derived terms

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