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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 興味 (interest)

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈxɯ(ː)ŋmi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heungmi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heungmi
McCune–Reischauer?hŭngmi
Yale Romanization?hūngmi

Noun

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흥미 (heungmi) (hanja 興味)

  1. interest (curiosity)