미성

Korean
FWOTD – 31 August 2023

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 美聲, from 美 (“beautiful”) + 聲 (“sound”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmi(ː)sʰʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [미(ː)성]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?miseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?miseong
McCune–Reischauer?misŏng
Yale Romanization?mīseng

Noun

미성 • (miseong) (hanja 美聲)

  1. beautiful voice
    발음을 해주는 게 그녀였다면, 나는 사전의 모든 단어를 통째로 외워버릴 자신도 있었다. 들어도 들어도 안 질리는 미성이었다.
    Bareum-eul hae-juneun ge geunyeo-yeotda-myeon, na-neun sajeon-ui modeun daneo-reul tongjjaero oewo-beoril jasin-do isseotda. Deureo-do deureo-do an jillineun miseong-ieotda.
    If it'd been her pronouncing [the words], I was sure I could've memorized every word in the entire dictionary. It was a beautiful voice you couldn't get tired of even if you heard it again and again.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 微 (“small”) + 聲 (“sound”).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?miseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?miseong
McCune–Reischauer?misŏng
Yale Romanization?miseng

Noun

미성 • (miseong) (hanja 微聲)

  1. tiny sound
    • 2014, [세트]동국기(전9권/완결) [[seteu]donggukgi(jeon9gwon/wan'gyeol)]‎, 로크미디어 [rokeumidieo]:
      언제부터인가 송연한 느낌을 주는 미성微聲이 귀에 들렸다.
      Eonje-buteo-in'ga song'yeonhan neukkim-eul juneun miseong-i gwi-e deullyeotda.
      At some point, he heard a tiny sound that sent a chill down his spine.

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 微 (“tiny”) + 誠 (“care, contribution”).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?miseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?miseong
McCune–Reischauer?misŏng
Yale Romanization?miseng

Noun

미성 • (miseong) (hanja 微誠)

  1. (humble) one's own contributions
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