요사

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Korean

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from 夭死, from (young) + (death).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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요사 (yosa) (hanja 夭死)

  1. premature death; dying young

Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from 妖邪 (evil, wicked).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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요사 (yosa) (hanja 妖邪)

  1. capriciousness, wickedness, devilishness

Etymology 3

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Sino-Korean word from 尿 (urine) + (sand).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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요사 (yosa) (hanja 尿砂)

  1. (medicine) lithuresis

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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요사 (Yosa)

  1. short for 요사군 (yosagun) (Yosa District)

Etymology 5

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Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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요사 (Yosa)

  1. A transliteration of the Spanish surname Llosa
    마리오 바르가스 요사mario bareugaseu yosaMario Vargas Llosa