요새

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [josʰɛ] ~ [josʰe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [요새/요세]

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

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 要塞 (“fortress”)

Noun

요새 • (yosae) (hanja 要塞)

1. fortress

Etymology 2

Contraction of 요사이 (yosai).

Adverb

요새 • (yosae)

1. lately, recently, these days