소녀

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 少女, from 少 (“small”) + 女 (“woman”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰo̞(ː)ɲʌ̹]
  • Phonetic hangul: [소(ː)녀]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sonyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sonyeo
McCune–Reischauer?sonyŏ
Yale Romanization?sōnye

Noun

소녀 • (sonyeo) (hanja 少女)

  1. girl (young female person)
    Coordinate term: 소년 (sonyeon)

See also

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