Korean

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Etymology

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대단 (daedan) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)da̠nɦa̠da̠] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)da̠nɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?daedanhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daedanhada
McCune–Reischauer?taedanhada
Yale Romanization?tāytan.hata

Adjective

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대단하다 (daedanhada) (infinitive 대단해 or 대단하여, sequential 대단하니)

  1. great, huge, immense, enormous, tremendous
  2. great, outstanding, incredible, awesome
  3. important, serious, grave

Conjugation

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