미세

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 微細 (“very small”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [misʰe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [미세]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mise
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mise
McCune–Reischauer?	mise
Yale Romanization?	misey

Noun

미세 • (mise) (hanja 微細)

1. tininess; minuteness

Derived terms

• 미세(微細)먼지 (misemeonji, “particulate matter”)
• 미세(微細)하다 (misehada, “to be minute”)
• 초미세(超微細)먼지 (chomisemeonji, “fine particulate matter”)