대부분
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Korean word from 大部分, from 大 (“large”) + 部分 (“portion, section, part”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (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
[edit]- the majority, the better part