침몰

침몰

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 沈沒, from 沈 (“sink”) + 沒 (“drowned”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[t͡ɕʰimmo̞ɭ]
• Phonetic Hangul[침몰]

Revised Romanization? chimmol Revised Romanization (translit.)? chimmol McCune–Reischauer? ch'immol Yale Romanization? chimmol

Noun

침몰 • (chimmol) (hanja 沈沒)

1. sinking; going under
2. (figuratively) becoming weak

References

• National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)