상위어

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 上位語.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)ŋɥiʌ̹] ~ [ˈsʰa̠(ː)ŋyʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [상(ː)위어]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sang'wieo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sang'wieo
McCune–Reischauer?	sangwiŏ
Yale Romanization?	sāngwie

Noun

상위어 • (sang'wieo) (hanja 上位語)

1. (linguistics) hypernym