Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 豊年.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pʰuŋɲʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pungnyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pungnyeon
McCune–Reischauer?p'ungnyŏn
Yale Romanization?phungnyen

Noun

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풍년 (pungnyeon) (hanja 豊年)

  1. year of plentiful harvest
    Antonym: 흉년(凶年) (hyungnyeon)

Derived terms

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