대

Korean

Etymology 1

대댁댂댃댄댅댆 댇댈댉댊댋댌댍 댎댏댐댑댒댓댔 댕댖댗댘댙댚댛
다 ←	→ 댜

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 대 • (dae)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄷ and ㅐ.

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

The Gyerim yusa (계림유사 / 鷄林類事), composed in the 12th century, notes that "bamboo is called 帶" (Middle Chinese 帶 (MC tajH), Sino-Korean 帶 (대, dae)).

The Doosan Encyclopedia writes that 대 (dae, “bamboo”) is derived from Chinese 죽 (竹, juk), specifically from the "southern Chinese" pronunciation of tek (cf. 竹 (tek)). For Japanese etymology, please refer to 竹 (take).

Noun

대 • (dae)

1. bamboo
2. stalk, stem

Synonyms

• 줄기 (julgi, “stalk, stem”)

Derived terms

• 대나무 (daenamu)

Etymology 3

Of native Korean origin.

Contraction of 다 해 (-da hae). < -다고 해 (dago hae).

Suffix

—대 • (-dae)

1. (informal non-polite) An expression used to indirectly tell something the speaker heard from another person.
2. (informal non-polite) An expression used to ask about something the listener knows from having heard it.

Related terms

• -다고 (dago)
• -다매 (damae)
• -다면서 (damyeonseo)
• -래 (rae)
• -재 (jae)

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 臺 (“tower”)

Counter

대 • (dae) (hanja 臺)

1. vehicles (cars, airplanes), machinery (incl. computers)

Usage notes

• As with most Korean counters (a.k.a. classifiers), 대 (dae) is preceded by native Korean numerals.

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Prefix

대— • (dae-) (hanja 大)

1. big, great

Antonyms

• 소 (小, so, “small”)

References

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