Korean

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from 美聲, from (beautiful) + (sound).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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미성 (miseong) (hanja 美聲)

  1. beautiful voice
    발음 주는 그녀였다, 사전 모든 단어 통째로 외워버릴 자신 있었다. 들어 들어 질리는 미성이었다.
    Bareum-eul hae-juneun ge geunyeo-yeotda-myeon, na-neun sajeon-ui modeun daneo-reul tongjjaero oewo-beoril jasin-do isseotda. Deureo-do deureo-do an jillineun miseong-ieotda.
    If it'd been her pronouncing [the words], I was sure I could've memorized every word in the entire dictionary. It was a beautiful voice you couldn't get tired of even if you heard it again and again.

Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from (small) + (sound).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?miseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?miseong
McCune–Reischauer?misŏng
Yale Romanization?miseng

Noun

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미성 (miseong) (hanja 微聲)

  1. tiny sound
    • 2014, [세트]동국기(전9권/완결) [[seteu]donggukgi(jeon9gwon/wan'gyeol)]‎[1], 로크미디어 [rokeumidieo]:
      언제부터인가 송연한 느낌 주는 미성微聲 들렸다.
      Eonje-buteo-in'ga song'yeonhan neukkim-eul juneun miseong-i gwi-e deullyeotda.
      At some point, he heard a tiny sound that sent a chill down his spine.

Etymology 3

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Sino-Korean word from (tiny) + (care, contribution).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?miseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?miseong
McCune–Reischauer?misŏng
Yale Romanization?miseng

Noun

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미성 (miseong) (hanja 微誠)

  1. (humble) one's own contributions