Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 大學院 (graduate school, postgraduate school)

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)ɦa̠ɡwʌ̹n] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)ɦa̠ɡwʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?daehagwon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daehag'won
McCune–Reischauer?taehagwŏn
Yale Romanization?tāyhak.wen

Noun

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대학원 (daehagwon) (hanja 大學院)

  1. graduate school, postgraduate school