생물화학

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 生物化學, from 生物 (“organism”) + 化學 (“chemistry”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰɛŋmuɭ ɸwa̠(ː)ɦa̠k̚] ~ [sʰe̞ŋmuɭ ɸwa̠(ː)ɦa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [생물 화(ː)학/셍물 화(ː)학]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	saengmul hwahak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	saengmul hwahag
McCune–Reischauer?	saengmul hwahak
Yale Romanization?	sayngmul hwāhak

Noun

생물화학 • (saengmulhwahak) (hanja 生物化學)

1. biological chemistry

   Synonym: 생화학(生化學) (saenghwahak)