마육

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 馬肉 (“horsemeat”)

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mayuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mayug
McCune–Reischauer?	mayuk
Yale Romanization?	mā.yuk

Noun

마육 • (mayuk) (hanja 馬肉)

1. horsemeat

Synonyms

• 말고기 (malgogi)