Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 單位 (unit), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 単位 (tan'i).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?danwi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dan'wi
McCune–Reischauer?tanwi
Yale Romanization?tan.wi

Noun

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단위 (danwi) (hanja 單位)

  1. a unit
  2. (grammar) a counter
    단위 명사
    danwi myeongsa
    counter noun (a type of 의존 명사 (uijon myeongsa, “dependent noun”))
  3. academic credit

Synonyms

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