흡혈귀

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 吸血鬼, from 吸 (“to suck”) + 血 (“blood”) + 鬼 (“demon”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 吸血鬼(きゅうけつき) (kyūketsuki).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [xɯpʰjʌ̹ɭɡɥi] ~ [xɯpʰjʌ̹ɭɡy]
• Phonetic hangul: [흐펼귀]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	heuphyeolgwi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	heubhyeolgwi
McCune–Reischauer?	hŭphyŏlgwi
Yale Romanization?	hup.hyel.kwi

Noun

흡혈귀 • (heuphyeolgwi) (hanja 吸血鬼)

1. (mythology) vampire

See also

• 박쥐 (bakjwi)