유인원

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 類人猿, from 類 (“resemblance”) + 人 (“human”) + 猿 (“monkey; ape”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈju(ː)inwʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [유(ː)이눤]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yuinwon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yuin'won
McCune–Reischauer?	yuinwŏn
Yale Romanization?	yūin.wen

Noun

유인원 • (yuinwon) (hanja 類人猿)

1. ape