대략

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 大略

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?daeryak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daelyag
McCune–Reischauer?taeryak
Yale Romanization?tāylyak

Adverb

대략 (daeryak) (hanja 大略)

  1. approximately
    • 2011, 00:48 from the start, in Distant time and the hint of a multiverse, Sean Carroll (actor), TED:
      관측 가능한 우주 에는 대략 수백 은하수 있습니다.
      gwancheuk ganeunghan uju an-eneun daeryak subaegeokgae-ui eunhasu-ga itseumnida.
      There are approximately a hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.