Korean

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Etymology

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포기(抛棄) (pogi) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpʰo̞(ː)ɡiɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pogihada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pogihada
McCune–Reischauer?p'ogihada
Yale Romanization?phōkihata

Verb

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포기하다 (pogihada) (infinitive 포기해 or 포기하여, sequential 포기하니)

  1. (transitive) to give up or abandon

Conjugation

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