동생

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 同生, from 同 (“same”) + 生 (“life”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞ŋsʰɛŋ] ~ [to̞ŋsʰe̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [동생/동셍]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	dongsaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	dongsaeng
McCune–Reischauer?	tongsaeng
Yale Romanization?	tongsayng

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 동생의 / 동생에 / 동생까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

동생 • (dongsaeng) (hanja 同生)

1. younger sibling
2. (usually childish) friend who is somewhat younger

Derived terms

• 남동생 (男同生, namdongsaeng, “younger brother”)
• 여동생 (女同生, yeodongsaeng, “younger sister”)
• 누이동생 (—同生, nu'idongsaeng, “younger sister”)

Descendants

• → English: dongsaeng, dongseng
• → Japanese: ドンセン (donsen)