월세

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 月貰, from 月 (“month”) + 貰 (“loan”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [wʌ̹ɭs͈e̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [월쎄]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	wolse
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	wolse
McCune–Reischauer?	wŏlsse
Yale Romanization?	welqsey

Noun

월세 • (wolse) (hanja 月貰)

1. (real estate) wolse (lease in which rent is paid monthly)

   Coordinate terms: 전세(傳貰) (jeonse), 반전세(半傳貰) (banjeonse), 사글세(朔月貰) (sageulse), 연세(年貰) (yeonse)

Descendants

• → Cantonese: 月貰／月贳 (jyut⁶ sai³)
• → English: wolse
• → Japanese: 月貰(ウォルセ) (woruse)
• → Mandarin: 月貰／月贳 (yuèshì)