요조숙녀

Korean

Sino-Korean word from 요조(窈窕) (yojo, “reserved and gentle”) + 숙녀(淑女) (sungnyeo, “young lady”), from the Classic of Poetry (first millennium BC).

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	yojosungnyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	yojosugnyeo
McCune–Reischauer^?	yojosungnyŏ
Yale Romanization^?	yōcoswuknye

요조숙녀 • (yojosungnyeo) (hanja 窈窕淑女)

(four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) reserved and beautiful young woman
청초한 요조숙녀 인상 의 여자
cheongchohan yojosungnyeo insang-ui yeoja
woman who looks like an innocent and reserved beauty