대표훈

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 代表訓, from 代表 (“representative”) + 訓 (“reading”).

Examples

The character 之 (zhī) generally has a Literary Chinese grammatical function, but its (代表訓, daepyohun) is 갈 (gal, “to go”), after a relatively uncommon verbal meaning of the word.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)pʰjoβun] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)pʰjoβun]
  • Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)표훈/데(ː)표훈]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?daepyohun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daepyohun
McCune–Reischauer?taep'yohun
Yale Romanization?tāy.phyohwun

Noun

대표훈 • (daepyohun) (hanja 代表訓)

  1. (Chinese linguistics) a 훈 (訓, hun, “native meaning”) of a Chinese character by which the character is conventionally identified, e.g. in speech or in dictionaries (especially in reference to polysemous characters)
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