Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 遮斷.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰa̠(ː)da̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chadan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chadan
McCune–Reischauer?ch'adan
Yale Romanization?chātan

Noun

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차단 (chadan) (hanja 遮斷)

  1. block; blockade; obstruction
  2. isolation
    외부 차단oebu-wa-ui chadanIsolation from the outside

Derived terms

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