여자

Korean

Alternative forms

• 녀자 (nyeoja) (North Korea)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 女子, from 女 (“female”) + 子 (“offspring”)

Pronunciation

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• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹d͡ʑa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [여자]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yeoja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yeoja
McCune–Reischauer?	yŏja
Yale Romanization?	yeca

Noun

여자 • (yeoja) (hanja 女子)

1. woman; girl; lady; female

   여자와 남자.

   yeojawa namja.

   A woman and a man.

Synonyms

• 계집 (gyejip, “woman; girl”)
• 아내 (anae, “wife”)
• 여성 (女性, yeoseong, “female”)

Antonyms

• 사내 (sanae, “man; husband”)
• 남자 (男子, namja, “man, male”)
• 남성 (男性, namseong, “male”)

Related terms

• 남녀 (男女, namnyeo, “men and women”)

See also

• 어른 (eoreun, “adult”)
• 아이 (ai, “child”)