언니

Korean

Pronunciation

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• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ʌ̹nni]
• Phonetic hangul: [언니]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eonni
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eonni
McCune–Reischauer?	ŏnni
Yale Romanization?	enni

Noun

언니 • (eonni)

1. elder sister of a female; (by extension, spoken by a female) unrelated elder female

Usage notes

The term 언니 is used by a female to refer to an elder female, often as a polite replacement for a second person singular pronoun (너 (neo) or 당신 (dangsin)).

Related terms

• 누나 (nuna) elder sister of a male
• 오빠 (oppa) - elder brother of a female
• 형 (hyeong) - elder brother of a male
• 아줌마 (ajumma) - middle aged woman; older female
• 할머니 (halmeoni) - grandmother; senior female