처녀막

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 處女膜 (“hymen”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰɘ(ː)ɲʌ̹ma̠k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [처(ː)녀막]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheonyeomak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheonyeomag
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏnyŏmak
Yale Romanization?chēnyemak

Noun

처녀막 • (cheonyeomak) (hanja 處女膜)

  1. (anatomy) hymen
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