평양

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 平壤

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰjʌ̹ŋja̠ŋ]

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• Phonetic hangul: [평양]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Pyeong'yang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Pyeong'yang
McCune–Reischauer?	P'yŏngyang
Yale Romanization?	phyengyang

Proper noun

평양 • (Pyeong'yang) (hanja 平壤)

1. Pyongyang (the capital city of North Korea)

Descendants

• → English: Pyongyang
• → Mongolian:

  Cyrillic script: Пёнъян (Pjonʺjan), Пёньян (Pjonʹjan)

  Mongolian script: ᠫᠾᠧᠨᠢᠶᠠᠩ (phēniyaŋ)

• → Russian: Пхенья́н (Pxenʹján)
  • → Armenian: Փխենյան (Pʻxenyan)
  • → Mongolian:

    Cyrillic script: (dated) Пхеньян (Pxenʹjan)