대표훈

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 代表訓, from 代表 (representative) + (reading).

    Examples

    The character (zhī) generally has a Literary Chinese grammatical function, but its 대표훈 (代表訓, daepyohun) is (gal, to go), after a relatively uncommon verbal meaning of the word.

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)pʰjoβun] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)pʰjoβun]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?daepyohun
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?daepyohun
    McCune–Reischauer?taep'yohun
    Yale Romanization?tāy.phyohwun

    Noun

    대표훈 • (daepyohun) (hanja 代表訓)

    1. (Chinese linguistics) a (, hun, “native meaning”) of a Chinese character by which the character is conventionally identified, e.g. in speech or in dictionaries (especially in reference to polysemous characters)