대

대 U+B300, 대 HANGUL SYLLABLE DAE Composition: ㄷ + ㅐ Dubeolsik input: e-o ← 닿 [U+B2FF] Hangul Syllables 댁 → [U+B301]

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Korean

Etymology 1

대댁댂댃댄댅댆 댇댈댉댊댋댌댍 댎댏댐댑댒댓댔 댕댖댗댘댙댚댛
다 ←	→ 댜

Syllable

대 • (dae)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄷ and ㅐ.

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

대 • (dae)

1. bamboo
2. stalk, stem

Synonyms

• 줄기 (julgi, “stalk, stem”)

Etymology 3

Of native Korean origin.

• a shortened form of -다 해 (da hae) < -다고 해 (dago hae)

Suffix

1. (informal non-polite) An expression used to indirectly tell something the speaker heard from another person.
2. (informal non-polite) An expression used to ask about something the listener knows from having heard it.

• National Institute of Korean Language's Korean-English Learners' Dictionary

Related terms

• -다고 (dago)
• -다매 (damae)
• -다면서 (damyeonseo)
• -래 (rae)
• -재 (jae)

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 臺 (“tower”)

Counter

대 • (dae) (hanja 臺)

1. vehicles (cars, airplanes), machinery (incl. computers)

Usage notes

• As with most Korean counters (a.k.a. classifiers), 대 (dae) is preceded by native Korean numerals.

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Prefix

대— • (dae-) (hanja 大)

1. big, great

Antonyms

• 소 (小, so, “small”)

Syllable

대 (dae)

1. 代, 儓, 坮, 垈, 大, 对, 対, 對, 岱, 带, 帯, 帶, 待, 懟, 戴, 擡, 旲, 枱, 檯, 歹, 汏, 玳, 碓, 臺, 袋, 貸, 錞, 鐓, 隊, 黛

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