염기쌍

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 鹽基雙, from 鹽基 (“base”) + 雙 (“pair”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)mɡis͈a̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [염(ː)기쌍]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Yeomgissang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Yeomgi'ssang
McCune–Reischauer?Yŏmgissang
Yale Romanization?yēmki.ssang

Noun

염기쌍 • (yeomgissang) (hanja 鹽基雙)

  1. (biology) base pair
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