야당

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 野黨.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈja̠(ː)da̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [야(ː)당]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yadang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yadang
McCune–Reischauer?yadang
Yale Romanization?yātang

Noun

야당 • (yadang) (hanja 野黨)

  1. (politics) the opposition party
    Antonym: 여당(與黨) (yeodang, “the ruling party”)
  • 여야 (與野, yeoya, “the ruling party and the opposition party”)
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