소년

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 少年, from (few) + (year; age)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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소년 (sonyeon) (hanja 少年)

  1. boy (older than 6 years old and so on)
    Coordinate term: 소녀(少女) (sonyeo, girl)