요조숙녀

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 요조(窈窕) (yojo, “reserved and gentle”) + 숙녀(淑女) (sungnyeo, “young lady”), from the Classic of Poetry (first millennium BC).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjo(ː)d͡ʑo̞sʰuŋɲʌ̹]
  • Phonetic hangul: [요(ː)조숭녀]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yojosungnyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yojosugnyeo
McCune–Reischauer?yojosungnyŏ
Yale Romanization?yōcoswuknye

Noun

요조숙녀 • (yojosungnyeo) (hanja 窈窕淑女)

  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) reserved and beautiful young woman
    청초한 요조숙녀 인상의 여자
    cheongchohan yojosungnyeo insang-ui yeoja
    woman who looks like an innocent and reserved beauty
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