Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 探偵, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 探偵(たんてい) (tantei)

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?tamjeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tamjeong
McCune–Reischauer?t'amjŏng
Yale Romanization?thamceng

Noun

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탐정 (tamjeong) (hanja 探偵)

  1. detective