탄우

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 彈 (“bullet, shell”) + 雨 (“rain, shower”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰa̠nu]
• Phonetic hangul: [타누]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	tanu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	tan'u
McCune–Reischauer?	t'anu
Yale Romanization?	than.wu

Noun

탄우 • (tanu) (hanja 彈雨)

1. a hail of bullets

   탄우 속에서 ― tanu sog-eseo ― under a rain of shells [in the thick of the battle]