연애

Korean

Alternative forms

• 련애 (ryeonae) (North Korea)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 戀愛 (“love, affections, amour”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)nɛ] ~ [ˈjɘ(ː)ne̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [여(ː)내/여(ː)네]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yeonae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yeon'ae
McCune–Reischauer?	yŏnae
Yale Romanization?	yēn.ay

Noun

연애 • (yeonae) (hanja 戀愛)

1. love, affections, amour
2. (slang) sexual intercourse

Derived terms

• 연애하다 (yeonaehada)