대학원생

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 大學院 (“graduate school”) + 生 (“student”)

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	daehagwonsaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	daehag'wonsaeng
McCune–Reischauer?	taehagwŏnsaeng
Yale Romanization?	tāyhak.wensayng

Noun

대학원생 • (daehagwonsaeng) (hanja 大學院生)

1. (South Korea) postgraduate student

Synonyms

• (North Korea, Yanbian dialect) 연구원생 (硏究院生, yeon'guwonsaeng)