초식 동물

Korean

Etymology

From 초(草) (cho, “grass, herbs”) +‎ 식(食) (sik, “eat; food”) +‎ 동물(動物) (dongmul, “animal”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰo̞ɕʰik̚ to̞ŋmuɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [초식 동물]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	chosik dongmul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	chosig dongmul
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'osik tongmul
Yale Romanization?	chosik tongmul

Noun

초식 동물 • (chosik dongmul) (hanja 草食動物)

1. herbivore

Coordinate terms

• 육식 동물 (肉食動物, yuksik dongmul, “carnivore”)
• 잡식 동물 (雜食動物, japsik dongmul, “omnivore”)