사대부

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 士大夫.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠dɛbu] ~ [sʰa̠de̞bu]
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sadaebu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sadaebu
McCune–Reischauer?sadaebu
Yale Romanization?sataypu

Noun

사대부 • (sadaebu) (hanja 士大夫)

  1. (archaic, historical) scholar-official; literati