Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 폐(肺) (pye, lung) + 암(癌) (am, cancer).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpʰje̞(ː)a̠m] ~ [ˈpʰe̞(ː)a̠m]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pyeam
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pyeam
McCune–Reischauer?p'yeam
Yale Romanization?phyēy.am

Noun edit

폐암 (pyeam) (hanja 肺癌)

  1. (pathology) lung cancer