손님

Korean

Etymology

손 (son) + the honorific particle 님 (nim).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰo̞nnim]
• Phonetic hangul: [손님]

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

Noun

손님 • (sonnim)

1. (honorific) guest, visitor
2. (honorific) customer, client

   Synonym: 고객님 (gogaengnim)

3. (euphemistic, historical) smallpox

Derived terms

• 손님네 (sonnimne, “deities of epidemic”)