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
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