훌륭하다

Korean

Etymology

훌륭 (hullyung) +‎ -하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

For the first element, compare Chinese (archaic) 囫圇 / 囫囵 (húlún, complete; whole). Kim (1997) suggests this element to have been nativized from the corresponding Sino-Korean 홀륜(囫圇) (hollyun).[1]

Pronunciation

Standard pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɸʷuʎʎuŋɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hullyunghada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hullyunghada
McCune–Reischauer?hullyunghada
Yale Romanization?hwullyunghata
Common non-standard pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɸʷuʎʎoŋɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hullyonghada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hullyonghada
McCune–Reischauer?hullyonghada
Yale Romanization?hwullyonghata

Adjective

훌륭하다 • (hullyunghada) (infinitive 훌륭해 or 훌륭하여, sequential 훌륭하니)

  1. excellent
    축구 좋아하고, 훌륭한 요리사.
    Geu-neun chukgu-reul joahago, tto hullyunghan yorisa-ya.
    He likes football, and he’s an excellent cook.
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Conjugation

References

  1. ^ 김민수 (30 November 1997) 우리말 어원사전 [Korean etymological dictionary] (in Korean), 태학사, →ISBN, page 1214