요새

Korean

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [josʰɛ] ~ [josʰe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [요새/요세]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yosae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yosae
McCune–Reischauer?yosae
Yale Romanization?yosay

Etymology 1

    Sino-Korean word from 要塞 (“fortress”)

    Noun

    요새 • (yosae) (hanja 要塞)

    1. fortress

    Etymology 2

    Contraction of 요사이 (yosai).

    Adverb

    요새 • (yosae)

    1. lately, recently, these days
      요새 입맛이 통 없어.
      Yosae immas-i tong eopseo.
      I have no appetite these days.
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