대학생

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 大學生, from 大 (“great”) + 學 (“school”) + 生 (“person”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)ɦa̠ks͈ɛŋ] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)ɦa̠ks͈e̞ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)학쌩/데(ː)학쎙]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?daehaksaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daehagsaeng
McCune–Reischauer?taehaksaeng
Yale Romanization?tāyhak.sayng

Noun

대학생 • (daehaksaeng) (hanja 大學生)

  1. college student
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