성욕

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 性慾 (“lust, sexual desire”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋjok̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)욕]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seong'yok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seong'yog
McCune–Reischauer?sŏngyok
Yale Romanization?sēngyok

Noun

성욕 • (seong'yok) (hanja 性慾)

  1. sexual desire
  2. appetence
  3. appetency
  4. eroticism
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