폐렴

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 肺炎, from 肺 (“lung”) + 炎 (“inflammation”).

염 (炎, yeom) is read irregularly as 렴 (ryeom).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰje̞(ː)ɾjʌ̹m] ~ [ˈpʰe̞(ː)ɾjʌ̹m]
• Phonetic hangul: [폐(ː)렴/페(ː)렴]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	pyeryeom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	pyelyeom
McCune–Reischauer?	p'yeryŏm
Yale Romanization?	phyēylyem

Noun

폐렴 • (pyeryeom) (hanja 肺炎)

1. (pathology) pneumonia