무언증

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 無言症, from 無言 (“wordlessness”) + 症 (“syndrome, illness”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [muʌ̹ɲt͡ɕ͈ɯŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [무언쯩]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mueonjeung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mueonjeung
McCune–Reischauer?	muŏnchŭng
Yale Romanization?	muenqcung

Noun

무언증 • (mueonjeung) (hanja 無言症)

1. mutism

Synonyms

• 함묵증 (緘默症, hammukjeung), 함구증 (緘口症, hamgujeung)