폐어

Korean

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	pyeeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	pyeeo
McCune–Reischauer?	p'yeŏ
Yale Romanization?	phyēy.e

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 肺魚, from 肺 (“lung”) + 魚 (“fish”)

Noun

폐어 • (pyeeo) (hanja 肺魚)

1. lungfish

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 廢語, from 廢 (“obsolete”) + 語 (“language; word”)

Noun

폐어 • (pyeeo) (hanja 廢語)

1. obsolete word; paleologism