요요

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yoyo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yoyo
McCune–Reischauer?yoyo
Yale Romanization?yo.yo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English yo-yo.

Noun

요요 • (yoyo)

  1. a yo-yo (toy)

Etymology 2

    Sino-Korean word from 了了.

    Root

    요요 • (yoyo) (hanja 了了)

    1. Root of 요요하다 (yoyohada). Rarely used alone.

    Etymology 3

      Sino-Korean word from 夭夭.

      Root

      요요 • (yoyo) (hanja 夭夭)

      1. Root of 요요하다 (yoyohada). Rarely used alone.

      Etymology 4

      Sino-Korean word from 姚姚.

      Root

      요요 • (yoyo) (hanja 姚姚)

      1. Root of 요요하다 (yoyohada). Rarely used alone.

      Etymology 5

        Sino-Korean word from 嫋嫋.

        Root

        요요 • (yoyo) (hanja 嫋嫋)

        1. Root of 요요하다 (yoyohada). Rarely used alone.

        Etymology 6

          Sino-Korean word from 搖搖.

          Root

          요요 • (yoyo) (hanja 搖搖)

          1. Root of 요요하다 (yoyohada). Rarely used alone.

          Etymology 7

            Sino-Korean word from 寥寥.

            Root

            요요 • (yoyo) (hanja 寥寥)

            1. Root of 요요하다 (yoyohada). Rarely used alone.

            Etymology 8

              Sino-Korean word from 遙遙.

              Root

              요요 • (yoyo) (hanja 遙遙)

              1. Root of 요요하다 (yoyohada). Rarely used alone.

              Etymology 9

                Sino-Korean word from 嶢嶢.

                Root

                요요 • (yoyo) (hanja 嶢嶢)

                1. Root of 요요하다 (yoyohada). Rarely used alone.

                Etymology 10

                Sino-Korean word from 撓撓.

                Root

                요요 • (yoyo) (hanja 撓撓)

                1. Root of 요요하다 (yoyohada). Rarely used alone.

                Etymology 11

                  Sino-Korean word from 擾擾.

                  Root

                  요요 • (yoyo) (hanja 擾擾)

                  1. Root of 요요하다 (yoyohada). Rarely used alone.

                  Etymology 12

                  Sino-Korean word from 耀耀/燿燿.

                  Root

                  요요 • (yoyo) (hanja 耀耀/燿燿)

                  1. Root of 요요하다 (yoyohada). Rarely used alone.