태음

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 太陰.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰɛɯm] ~ [tʰe̞ɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [태음/테음]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	taeeum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	taeeum
McCune–Reischauer?	t'aeŭm
Yale Romanization?	thay.um

Noun

태음 • (taeeum) (hanja 太陰)

1. (astronomy) the moon (as opposed to 태양(太陽) (taeyang, “the Sun”))

Derived terms

• 태음력(太陰曆) (taeeumnyeok, “lunar calendar”)