성묘

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 省墓, from 省 (“provincial; visit”) + 墓 (“tomb, graveyard, mausoleum”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ŋmjo]
• Phonetic hangul: [성묘]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seongmyo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seongmyo
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏngmyo
Yale Romanization?	sengmyo

Noun

성묘 • (seongmyo) (hanja 省墓)

1. one's ancestral tomb; the act of visiting and paying respects to one's ancestral tomb, attending to it, etc.