음력

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 陰曆 (“lunar calendar”).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?eumnyeok
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?eumlyeog
    McCune–Reischauer?ŭmnyŏk
    Yale Romanization?umlyek

    Noun

    음력 • (eumnyeok) (hanja 陰曆)

    1. the traditional lunisolar calendar of East Asia
      Synonyms: (dated) 구력(舊曆) (guryeok), (chiefly Yanbian) 농력(農曆) (nongnyeok)
    2. (generally) lunar calendar
      이슬람력은 음력이지만 이란은 독자적으로 양력인 이란력을 사용한다.
      Iseullamnyeog-eun eumnyeog-i-jiman Iran-eun dokjajeog-euro yangnyeog-in irallyeog-eul sayonghanda.
      Although the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, Iran distinctively uses the Iranian calendar, which is a solar one.
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