탈춤

Korean

Etymology

From 탈 (tal, “mask”) +‎ 춤 (chum, “dance”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtʰa̠(ː)ʎt͡ɕʰum]
  • Phonetic hangul: [탈(ː)춤]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?talchum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?talchum
McCune–Reischauer?t'alch'um
Yale Romanization?thālchwum

Noun

탈춤 • (talchum)

  1. Talchum, a traditional Korean mask dance
  2. mask dances in general
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.