동성

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 同性, from 同 (“same”) + 性 (“gender; sex”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞ŋsʰʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [동성]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	dongseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	dongseong
McCune–Reischauer?	tongsŏng
Yale Romanization?	tongseng

Noun

동성 • (dongseong) (hanja 同性)

1. same sex

Antonyms

• 이성 (異性, iseong)

Derived terms

• 동성애 (同性愛, dongseong'ae)