부응

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 副應, from 副 (“match”) + 應 (“respond”).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpu(ː)ɯŋ]
    • Phonetic hangul: [부(ː)응]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?bueung
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?bueung
    McCune–Reischauer?puŭng
    Yale Romanization?pūung

    Noun

    부응 • (bueung) (hanja 副應)

    1. satisfaction, meet expectations
      국민의 여망에 부응하다 ― gungmin-ui yeoman-g'e bueun-ghada ― meeting the expectations of the people

    Derived terms

    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.