요사

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 夭死, from 夭 (“young”) + 死 (“death”).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yosa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yosa
McCune–Reischauer?	yosa
Yale Romanization?	yōsa

Noun

요사 • (yosa) (hanja 夭死)

1. premature death; dying young

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 妖邪 (“evil, wicked”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [josʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [요사]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yosa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yosa
McCune–Reischauer?	yosa
Yale Romanization?	yosa

Noun

요사 • (yosa) (hanja 妖邪)

1. capriciousness, wickedness, devilishness

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 尿 (“urine”) + 砂 (“sand”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [josʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [요사]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yosa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yosa
McCune–Reischauer?	yosa
Yale Romanization?	yosa

Noun

요사 • (yosa) (hanja 尿砂)

1. (medicine) lithuresis

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [josʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [요사]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yosa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yosa
McCune–Reischauer?	yosa
Yale Romanization?	yosa

Proper noun

요사 • (Yosa)

1. short for 요사군 (yosagun) (Yosa District)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [josʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [요사]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yosa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yosa
McCune–Reischauer?	yosa
Yale Romanization?	yosa

Proper noun

요사 • (Yosa)

1. A transliteration of the Spanish surname Llosa

   마리오 바르가스 요사 ― mario bareugaseu yosa ― Mario Vargas Llosa