흡혈귀

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 吸血鬼, from 吸 (“to suck”) + 血 (“blood”) + 鬼 (“demon”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 吸血鬼(きゅうけつき) (kyūketsuki).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [xɯpʰjʌ̹ɭɡɥi] ~ [xɯpʰjʌ̹ɭɡy]
  • Phonetic hangul: [흐펼귀]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heuphyeolgwi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heubhyeolgwi
McCune–Reischauer?hŭphyŏlgwi
Yale Romanization?hup.hyel.kwi

Noun

흡혈귀 • (heuphyeolgwi) (hanja 吸血鬼)

  1. (mythology) vampire

See also

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