동문서답

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 東問西答 (“eastern question, western reply”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞ŋmunsʰʌ̹da̠p̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [동문서답]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	dongmunseodap
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	dongmunseodab
McCune–Reischauer?	tongmunsŏdap
Yale Romanization?	tongmunsetap

Noun

동문서답 • (dongmunseodap) (hanja 東問西答)

1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) an irrelevant answer