Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 半半.

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpa̠(ː)nba̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?banban
Revised Romanization (translit.)?banban
McCune–Reischauer?panban
Yale Romanization?pānpan

Noun edit

반반 (banban) (hanja 半半)

  1. half and half, fifty-fifty