같은

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠tʰɯn]

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• Phonetic hangul: [가튼]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gateun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gat'eun
McCune–Reischauer?	kat'ŭn
Yale Romanization?	kath.un

Determiner

같은 • (gateun) (determinative of 같다)

1. the same

   같은 말을 되풀이하다 ― gateun mar-eul doepurihada ― to say the same thing over and over

2. like, -ish, -esque

   개 같은 ― gae gateun ― annoying, shitty [literally "dog-like"]

   꽃 같은 ― kkot gateun ― flowery

   동물 같은 ― dongmul gateun ― animalistic