Korean

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Etymology

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채택(採擇) (chaetaek, choice; selection) +‎ 되다 (-doeda, to become, light verb deriving passive verbs).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰɛ(ː)tʰɛk̚t͈we̞da̠] ~ [ˈt͡ɕʰɛ(ː)tʰɛk̚t͈ø̞da̠] ~ [ˈt͡ɕʰe̞(ː)tʰe̞k̚t͈we̞da̠] ~ [ˈt͡ɕʰe̞(ː)tʰe̞k̚t͈ø̞da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)/(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chaetaekdoeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chaetaegdoeda
McCune–Reischauer?ch'aet'aektoeda
Yale Romanization?chāy.thayktoyta

Verb

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채택되다 (chaetaekdoeda) (infinitive 채택돼 or 채택되어, sequential 채택되니)

  1. (intransitive) to be chosen; to be adopted

Conjugation

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