반반

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 半半.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpa̠(ː)nba̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?banban
Revised Romanization (translit.)?banban
McCune–Reischauer?panban
Yale Romanization?pānpan

Noun

반반 • (banban) (hanja 半半)

  1. half and half, fifty-fifty