미류

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 彌留.

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?miryu
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?milyu
    McCune–Reischauer?miryu
    Yale Romanization?milyu

    Noun

    미류 • (miryu) (hanja 彌留)

    1. (literary, dated, of an illness) lasting long without recovery

    Usage notes

    • Although occasionally used as a noun in isolation, 미류 (miryu) is generally encountered as the non-verbal element of the light verb construction 미류하다 (miryu-hada). When conveying the noun meaning, the more common form is the verbal noun 미류함 (miryu-ham).

    Derived terms

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