Korean

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Etymology

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후퇴(後退) (hutoe) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɸʷu(ː)tʰwe̞ɦa̠da̠] ~ [ˈɸʷu(ː)tʰø̞ɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hutoehada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hutoehada
McCune–Reischauer?hut'oehada
Yale Romanization?hwū.thoyhata

Verb

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후퇴하다 (hutoehada) (infinitive 후퇴해 or 후퇴하여, sequential 후퇴하니)

  1. to withdraw, to retreat
  2. to be set back

Conjugation

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