대학생

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 大學生, from 大 (“great”) + 學 (“school”) + 生 (“person”)

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	daehaksaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	daehagsaeng
McCune–Reischauer?	taehaksaeng
Yale Romanization?	tāyhak.sayng

Noun

대학생 • (daehaksaeng) (hanja 大學生)

1. college student

Related terms

• 초등학생(初等學生) (chodeunghaksaeng, “primary school student”)
• 중학생(中學生) (junghaksaeng, “middle/secondary school student”)
• 고등학생(高等學生) (godeunghaksaeng, “high school student”)