Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 待合室 (waiting room), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese (まち)(あい)(しつ) (machiaishitsu).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)ɦa̠pɕ͈iɭ] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)ɦa̠pɕ͈iɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?daehapsil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daehabsil
McCune–Reischauer?taehapsil
Yale Romanization?tāyhap.sil

Noun

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대합실 (daehapsil) (hanja 待合室)

  1. waiting room

References

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  1. ^ CHO Eui-sung (2001) “우리말에 들어온 일본말 [urimare deureoon ilbonmal, Japanese words that have entered Korean]”, in Cho's Lab of Korean Language[1]