미녀

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 美女, from 美 (“beautiful”) + 女 (“female”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈmi(ː)ɲʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [미(ː)녀]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	minyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	minyeo
McCune–Reischauer?	minyŏ
Yale Romanization?	mīnye

Noun

미녀 • (minyeo) (hanja 美女)

1. beauty, beautiful woman