seotda
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Korean 섰다 (seotda).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔt.dɑː/, /ˈsɔt.də/, /ˈsɔ.tə/
Noun
seotda (uncountable)
- (hanafuda) A Korean card game with betting and bluffing, played with hwatu cards, similar to baccarat and the Japanese game oicho-kabu
- 2010, Ria Chae, editor, Encyclopedia of Korean Seasonal Customs, National Folk Museum of Korea, →ISBN, page 103:
- Games played with hwatu cards include minhwatu, go-stop, yukbaek, sambong, ppeong, and games similar to tujeon, such as jitgottaeng and seotda.
- 2019, Jeeheng Lee, translated by Oul Han, Solbee Park, BTS and ARMY Culture, 커뮤니케이션북스(주), →ISBN:
- The lyrics of "Ddaeng" for instance, which is a song that BTS released for free, are impossible to understand without knowledge about seotda, which is a game type for Korean gambling cards (hwatu). Therefore, fan translations of "Ddaeng" provide detailed rules of seotda alongside the English lyrics.
- 2024, Hope Zane, “Mouse's Past and Future” (chapter 27), in Fairytale: A K-Pop M/M Romance, →ISBN:
- He'd dug up a pack of hwatu cards from somewhere inside his bag, and he projects his voice as he gravely says, "The name of the game is seotda."