Korean edit

Etymology 1 edit

개국(開國) (gaeguk) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kɛɡukʰa̠da̠] ~ [ke̞ɡukʰa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaegukhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaegughada
McCune–Reischauer?kaegukhada
Yale Romanization?kaykwuk.hata

Verb edit

개국하다 (gaegukhada) (infinitive 개국해 or 개국하여, sequential 개국하니, hanja 開國하다)

  1. (transitive)
    1. to found a country
    2. to open up a country
  2. (intransitive, of a country)
    1. to be founded
    2. to be opened up
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

개국(開局) (gaeguk) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kɛɡukʰa̠da̠] ~ [ke̞ɡukʰa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaegukhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaegughada
McCune–Reischauer?kaegukhada
Yale Romanization?kaykwuk.hata

Verb edit

개국하다 (gaegukhada) (infinitive 개국해 or 개국하여, sequential 개국하니, hanja 開局하다)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to open (a post office or broadcasting station)
Conjugation edit