Korean

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Etymology

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해석(解釋) (haeseok) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ(ː)sʰʌ̹kʰa̠da̠] ~ [ˈhe̞(ː)sʰʌ̹kʰa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?haeseokhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?haeseoghada
McCune–Reischauer?haesŏkhada
Yale Romanization?hāysek.hata

Verb

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해석하다 (haeseokhada) (infinitive 해석해 or 해석하여, sequential 해석하니)

  1. (transitive) to interpret, to translate, to construe

Conjugation

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