흰비오리

Korean

흰비오리

Etymology

Literally "white merganser." From 흰 (huin, “white”) + 비오리 (biori, “merganser”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[çinbio̞ɾi] ~ [ibio̞ɾi]
  • Phonetic Hangul[힌비오리/이비오리]
Revised Romanization? huinbiori
Revised Romanization (translit.)? huinbioli
McCune–Reischauer? hŭinbiori
Yale Romanization? huynpioli

Noun

흰비오리 • (huinbiori)

  1. The smew, Mergellus albellus.

References

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-08), “흰비오리”, in 표준국어대사전‎
  • Lee, Woo-Shin; Tae-Hoe Koo, Jin-Young Park (tr. by Desmond Allen) (2002) A field guide to the birds of Korea, Seoul: LG Evergreen Foundation, →ISBN
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