영속성

Korean

Etymology

영속(永續) (yeongsok, “persistence”) +‎ 성(性) (-seong, “-ness/-ity”)

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yeongsokseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yeongsogseong
McCune–Reischauer?	yŏngsoksŏng
Yale Romanization?	yēngsok.seng

Noun

영속성 • (yeongsokseong) (hanja 永續性)

1. persistency, perennity, everlastingness