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매음

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 賣淫.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmɛ(ː)ɯm] ~ [ˈme̞(ː)ɯm]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?maeeum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?maeeum
McCune–Reischauer?maeŭm
Yale Romanization?māy.um

Noun

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매음 (maeeum) (hanja 賣淫)

  1. prostitution

Derived terms

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