온통

Korean

Etymology

온 (on, “all, whole”) + 통 (tong, “entirely, completely”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈo̞(ː)ntʰo̞ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [온(ː)통]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ontong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ontong
McCune–Reischauer?ont'ong
Yale Romanization?ōnthong

Noun

온통 • (ontong)

  1. all, wholly, entirely, altogether
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