Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 소변(小便) (sobyeon, urine) + 검사(檢査) (geomsa, examination).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰo̞(ː)bjʌ̹n kɘ(ː)msʰa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː) (ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sobyeon geomsa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sobyeon geomsa
McCune–Reischauer?sobyŏn kŏmsa
Yale Romanization?sōpyen kēmsa

Noun

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소변검사 (sobyeon'geomsa) (hanja 小便檢査)

  1. urinalysis