미류

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 彌留.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?miryu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?milyu
McCune–Reischauer?miryu
Yale Romanization?milyu

Noun

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미류 (miryu) (hanja 彌留)

  1. (literary, dated, of an illness) lasting long without recovery

Usage notes

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  • Although occasionally used as a noun in isolation, 미류 (miryu) is generally encountered as the non-verbal element of the light verb construction 미류하다 (miryu-hada). When conveying the noun meaning, the more common form is the verbal noun 미류함 (miryu-ham).

Derived terms

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