대문

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 大門 (“gate, (front/main) entrance, door”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)mun] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)mun]
  • Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)문/데(ː)문]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?daemun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daemun
McCune–Reischauer?taemun
Yale Romanization?tāymun

Noun

대문 • (daemun) (hanja 大門)

  1. gate, (front/main) entrance, door
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