모녀

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 母女, from 母 (“mother”) + 女 (“daughter”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈmo̞(ː)ɲʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [모(ː)녀]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	monyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	monyeo
McCune–Reischauer?	monyŏ
Yale Romanization?	mōnye

Noun

모녀 • (monyeo) (hanja 母女)

1. mother and daughter

Derived terms

• 모녀간(母女間) (monyeogan)

See also

• 모자(母子) (moja)
• 부녀(父女) (bunyeo)
• 부자(父子) (buja)