미류

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 彌留.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [miɾju]
• Phonetic hangul: [미류]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	miryu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	milyu
McCune–Reischauer?	miryu
Yale Romanization?	milyu

Noun

미류 • (miryu) (hanja 彌留)

1. (literary, dated, of an illness) lasting long without recovery

Usage notes

• Although occasionally used as a noun in isolation, 미류 (miryu) is generally encountered as the non-verbal element of the light verb construction 미류하다 (miryu-hada). When conveying the noun meaning, the more common form is the verbal noun 미류함 (miryu-ham).

Derived terms

• 미류(彌留)하다 (miryuhada)