우유

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 牛乳, from 牛 (“cow”) + 乳 (“milk”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [uju]
• Phonetic hangul: [우유]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	uyu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	uyu
McCune–Reischauer?	uyu
Yale Romanization?	wu.yu

Noun

우유 • (uyu) (hanja 牛乳)

1. cow's milk

   Synonyms: 소젖 (sojeot), 쇠젖 (soejeot), 타락 (tarak), 밀크 (milkeu)

   Hypernym: 젖 (jeot)

   우유 한 잔

   uyu han jan

   a glass of milk

Derived terms

• 가루우유 (garuuyu, “milk powder”)
• 우유갑 (uyugap, “milk carton”)
• 우유병 (uyubyeong, “milk bottle”)
• 우유상자 (uyusangja, “milkcrate”)
• 우유통 (uyutong, “milk churn”)
• 우유팩 (uyupaek, “milk carton”)
• 우윳빛 (uyutbit, “white like milk”)