남성

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 男性, from 男 (“male”) + 性 (“sex, gender”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [na̠msʰʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [남성]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	namseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	namseong
McCune–Reischauer?	namsŏng
Yale Romanization?	namseng

Noun

남성 • (namseong) (hanja 男性)

1. male
2. the masculine gender

Antonyms

• 여성 (yeoseong)