채소

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 菜蔬 (“vegetable”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰɛ(ː)sʰo̞] ~ [ˈt͡ɕʰe̞(ː)sʰo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [채(ː)소/체(ː)소]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	chaeso
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	chaeso
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'aeso
Yale Romanization?	chāyso

Noun

채소 • (chaeso) (hanja 菜蔬)

1. vegetable

   Synonym: 야채(野菜) (yachae)

Synonyms

• 남새 (namsae)