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2024
오염
오염
Korean
Noun
오염
•
(
oyeom
)
(
hanja
汚染
)
pollution
;
contamination
Derived terms
대기오염
(
daegioyeom
, “air pollution”)
오염하다
(
oyeomhada
, “to contaminate”)
오염되다
(
oyeomdoeda
)
Etymology
Sino-Korean
word from
汚染
, from
汚
(
“
dirty
”
)
+
染
(
“
dirtying
”
)
Pronunciation
IPA
(key)
:
/ˈo̞ːjʌ̹m/
Phonetic
hangeul
:
오
:
염
Romanizations
Revised transcription
oyeom
Revised transliteration
oyeom
McCune–Reischauer
oyŏm
Yale
ōyem
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