매매

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 賣買.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mɛmɛ] ~ [me̞me̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [매매/메메]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	maemae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	maemae
McCune–Reischauer?	maemae
Yale Romanization?	maymay

Noun

매매 • (maemae) (hanja 賣買)

1. buying and selling

Derived terms

• 매매(賣買)하다 (maemaehada)
• 매매(賣買)되다 (maemaedoeda)

 

Etymology 2

Reduplication of 매 (mae, “severely”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛ(ː)mɛ] ~ [ˈme̞(ː)me̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [매(ː)매/메(ː)메]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	maemae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	maemae
McCune–Reischauer?	maemae
Yale Romanization?	māymay

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 매매

  Syllables in red take high pitch.

Adverb

매매 • (maemae)

1. (especially dialectal) meticulously, with much effort

   낯을 매매 안 씪나? (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon) ― Nach-eul maemae an ssingna? ― Could it be that you don't wash your face carefullly?