대학교

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 大學校, from 大 (“great”) + 學 (“to learn”) + 校 (“school”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)ɦa̠k̚k͈jo] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)ɦa̠k̚k͈jo]
• Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)학꾜/데(ː)학꾜]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	daehakgyo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	daehaggyo
McCune–Reischauer?	taehakkyo
Yale Romanization?	tāyhak.kyo

Noun

대학교 • (daehakgyo) (hanja 大學校)

1. university (institution of higher education)

Related terms

• 초등학교(初等學校) (chodeunghakgyo, “elementary school”)
• 중학교(中學校) (junghakgyo, “middle school”)
• 고등학교(高等學校) (godeunghakgyo, “high school”)