비소

Korean

Chemical element
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Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 砒素, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 砒素(ひそ) (hiso).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpi(ː)sʰo̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [비(ː)소]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?biso
Revised Romanization (translit.)?biso
McCune–Reischauer?piso
Yale Romanization?pīso

Noun

비소 • (biso) (hanja 砒素)

  1. arsenic
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