Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 美辭麗句.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

미사여구 (misayeogu) (hanja 美辭麗句)

  1. flowery words, flowery language, rhetoric