도발

Korean

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 挑発, which is in turn from Middle Chinese 挑 (MC thew) 撥 (MC pat), cf. Chinese 挑撥／挑拨 (tiǎobō).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈto̞(ː)ba̠ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [도(ː)발]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dobal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dobal
McCune–Reischauer?tobal
Yale Romanization?tōpal

Noun

도발 • (dobal) (hanja 挑發)

  1. provocation
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