Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 채무(債務) (chaemu) + .

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰɛ(ː)mud͡ʑa̠] ~ [ˈt͡ɕʰe̞(ː)mud͡ʑa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chaemuja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chaemuja
McCune–Reischauer?ch'aemuja
Yale Romanization?chāymuca

Noun

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채무자 (chaemuja) (hanja 債務者)

  1. debtor