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HANGUL SYLLABLE DONG
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뎨 ←→ 돠

Korean

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Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dong
McCune–Reischauer?tong
Yale Romanization?tong

Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from (winter).

Noun

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(dong) (hanja )

  1. winter
    Synonym: 겨울 (gyeoul)

Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [to̞(ː)ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dong
McCune–Reischauer?tong
Yale Romanization?tōng

Noun

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(dong) (hanja )

  1. neighborhood
    (Administrative divisions of South Korea) 리(里) (ri), 동(洞) (dong), 면(面) (myeon), 읍(邑) (eup), 구(區) (gu), 군(郡) (gun), 시(市) (si), 도(道) (do)

Etymology 3

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Sino-Korean word from (east).

Noun

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(dong) (hanja )

  1. east
Synonyms
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Coordinate terms
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  • (compass points)
서북(西北) (seobuk)
북서(北西) (bukseo)
북(北) (buk) 동북(東北) (dongbuk)
북동(北東) (bukdong)
서(西) (seo)   동(東) (dong)
서남(西南) (seonam)
남서(南西) (namseo)
남(南) (nam) 동남(東南) (dongnam)
남동(南東) (namdong)


Etymology 4

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Sino-Korean word from (copper).

Noun

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(dong) (hanja )

  1. copper

Etymology 5

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Sino-Korean word from (copper), borrowed from Vietnamese đồng.

Noun

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(dong) (hanja )

  1. dong, the currency of Vietnam