생물

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 生物 (“organism, living being, creature”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰɛŋmuɭ] ~ [sʰe̞ŋmuɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [생물/셍물]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	saengmul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	saengmul
McCune–Reischauer?	saengmul
Yale Romanization?	sayngmul

Noun

생물 • (saengmul) (hanja 生物)

1. organism, living being, creature

Derived terms

• 생물학 (生物學, saengmulhak)
• 생물화학 (生物化學, saengmulhwahak)