대부분

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 大部分, from 大 (“large”) + 部 (“dividing”) + 分 (“dividing”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)bubun] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)bubun]
  • Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)부분/데(ː)부분]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?daebubun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daebubun
McCune–Reischauer?taebubun
Yale Romanization?tāypupun

Noun

대부분 • (daebubun) (hanja 大部分)

  1. the majority, the better part
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