효모

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 酵母 (“yeast”)

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	hyomo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	hyomo
McCune–Reischauer?	hyomo
Yale Romanization?	hyōmo

Noun

효모 • (hyomo) (hanja 酵母)

1. yeast