대상자

Korean

Sino-Korean word from 對象 (“target; object; subject; partner”) + 者 (“person”).

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)sʰa̠ŋd͡ʑa̠] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)sʰa̠ŋd͡ʑa̠]
Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)상자/데(ː)상자]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	daesangja
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	daesangja
McCune–Reischauer^?	taesangja
Yale Romanization^?	tāysangca

대상자 • (daesangja) (hanja 對象者)

subject, recipient, candidate
연구 대상자 ― yeon'gu daesangja ― research subjects
(Yanbian) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend
Synonym: (standard South Korean) 애인(愛人) (aein)
- 2009 May 21, 김점순 [gimjeomsun, Kim Jeom-sun], “백 [baek]”, in Yeonbyeon Ilbo‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 September 2021:
  그때 아직 련애 -도 하지 못한 나 -의 대상자-에 대한 표준 -이 바로 "소호대" 그룹 -속 -에 속한 가수 -를 닮은 총각 -이 -여야 한다 -는 것 -이였다.
  Geuttae ajik ryeonae-do haji mothan na-ui daesangja-e daehan pyojun-i baro sohodae geurup-sog-e sokhan gasu-reul dalmeun chonggag-i-yeoya handa-neun geos-iyeotda.
  At that time, my standard for boyfriends—though I had not even had my first date back then—was that he should be a young fellow who looked like those singers in the Xiao Hu Dui band.