상위어

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 上位語.

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)ŋɥiʌ̹] ~ [ˈsʰa̠(ː)ŋyʌ̹]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?sang'wieo
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?sang'wieo
    McCune–Reischauer?sangwiŏ
    Yale Romanization?sāngwie

    Noun

    상위어 • (sang'wieo) (hanja 上位語)

    1. (linguistics) hypernym