Korean

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Etymology

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개선(改善) (gaeseon) +‎ 되다 (-doeda, to become, light verb deriving passive verbs).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɛ(ː)sʰʌ̹ndwe̞da̠] ~ [ˈkɛ(ː)sʰʌ̹ndø̞da̠] ~ [ˈke̞(ː)sʰʌ̹ndwe̞da̠] ~ [ˈke̞(ː)sʰʌ̹ndø̞da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)/(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaeseondoeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaeseondoeda
McCune–Reischauer?kaesŏndoeda
Yale Romanization?kāysentoyta

Verb

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개선되다 (gaeseondoeda) (infinitive 개선돼 or 개선되어, sequential 개선되니)

  1. (intransitive) to improve, to become better

Conjugation

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See also

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