음력

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 陰曆 (“lunar calendar”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɯmɲʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [음녁]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eumnyeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eumlyeog
McCune–Reischauer?	ŭmnyŏk
Yale Romanization?	umlyek

Noun

음력 • (eumnyeok) (hanja 陰曆)

1. the traditional lunisolar calendar of East Asia

   Synonyms: (dated) 구력(舊曆) (guryeok), (chiefly Yanbian) 농력(農曆) (nongnyeok)

2. (generally) lunar calendar

   이슬람력은 음력이지만 이란은 독자적으로 양력인 이란력을 사용한다.

   Iseullamnyeog-eun eumnyeog-i-jiman Iran-eun dokjajeog-euro yangnyeog-in irallyeog-eul sayonghanda.

   Although the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, Iran distinctively uses the Iranian calendar, which is a solar one.