Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 興味 (interest)

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈxɯ(ː)ŋmi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heungmi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heungmi
McCune–Reischauer?hŭngmi
Yale Romanization?hūngmi

Noun edit

흥미 (heungmi) (hanja 興味)

  1. interest (curiosity)