대합실

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 待合室 (waiting room), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese (まち)(あい)(しつ) (machiaishitsu).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)ɦa̠pɕ͈iɭ] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)ɦa̠pɕ͈iɭ]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?daehapsil
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?daehabsil
    McCune–Reischauer?taehapsil
    Yale Romanization?tāyhap.sil

    Noun

    대합실 • (daehapsil) (hanja 待合室)

    1. waiting room

    References

    1. ^ CHO Eui-sung (2001), “우리말에 들어온 일본말 [urimare deureoon ilbonmal, Japanese words that have entered Korean]”, in Cho's Lab of Korean Language[1]