여신

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 女神, from 女 (“female”) + 神 (“god”)

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeosin
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeosin
McCune–Reischauer?yŏsin
Yale Romanization?yesin

Noun
South Korean
Standard Language		 여신(女神) (yeosin)
North Korean
Standard Language		 녀신(女神) (nyeosin)

여신 • (yeosin) (hanja 女神)

  1. goddess
    Hypernym: 신(神) (sin, “god; deity”)
    Coordinate term: 남신(男神) (namsin, “male god”)
  2. (colloquial, figurative) very beautiful woman, most beautiful woman
    XX대 여신 ― XXdae yeosin ― goddess of XX University
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