어휘

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 語彙.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈɘ(ː)ɦɥi] ~ [ˈɘ(ː)ɦy]
• Phonetic hangul: [어(ː)휘]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eohwi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eohwi
McCune–Reischauer?	ŏhwi
Yale Romanization?	ēhwi

Noun

어휘 • (eohwi) (hanja 語彙)

1. vocabulary

Derived terms

• 어휘장 (語彙場, eohwijang, “semantic field”)