염기쌍

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 鹽基雙, from 鹽基 (“base”) + 雙 (“pair”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)mɡis͈a̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [염(ː)기쌍]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Yeomgissang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Yeomgi'ssang
McCune–Reischauer?	Yŏmgissang
Yale Romanization?	yēmki.ssang

Noun

염기쌍 • (yeomgissang) (hanja 鹽基雙)

1. (biology) base pair