만유
Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈma̠(ː)ɲu]
- Phonetic hangul: [마(ː)뉴]
- Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | manyu |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | man'yu |
McCune–Reischauer? | manyu |
Yale Romanization? | mān.yu |
Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 萬有, from 萬 (“myriad”) + 有 (“exist”).
Noun
만유 • (manyu) (hanja 萬有)
- (literary) all that exists, everything in the world
- 2010, “사랑은 '간'(間)이 부리는 조화 같은 것”, in Busan Ilbo:
- 사랑이 만유의 법칙으로 편재하고 있는데도 왜 인간 세상에는 불행한 눈물들이 그치지 않을까.
- Sarang-i manyu-ui beopchig-euro pyeonjaehago inneundedo wae in'gan sesang-e-neun bulhaenghan nunmul-deur-i geuchiji aneulkka.
- Why do tears of sadness not cease in the human world, even when love is everywhere as the principle behind all creation?
- Synonyms: 만물(萬物) (manmul), 삼라만상(森羅萬象) (samnamansang)
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Derived terms
- 만유하다 (萬有—, manyuhada, “to be omnipresent”)
- 만유인력 (萬有引力, manyuillyeok, “universal gravitation”)
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 漫遊, from 漫 (“freely”) + 遊 (“travel”).
Noun
만유 • (manyu) (hanja 漫遊)
- (literary) voyage, roaming, travels
- 1934, Na Hye-sok, “離婚 告白狀 [A confession of divorce]”, in 三千里:
- 우리의 歐米漫遊는 意外에 쉬운 일이엇습니다 […] 漫遊한 後에 氏는 政治觀이 生기고 나는 人生觀이 多少 整頓이 되엿노이다.
- Uriui Gumimanyuneun uioee swiun irieotseumnida […] manyuhan hue ssineun jeongchigwani saenggigo naneun insaenggwani daso jeongdoni doeyeonnoida.
- Our voyage to the West was an unexpectedly easy affair […] After the voyage, you had come up with your politics, and I had more or less put in correct order my views on life.
- Synonyms: 여행(旅行) (yeohaeng), 유람(遊覽) (yuram)
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Derived terms
- 만유하다 (漫遊—, manyuhada, “to roam”)