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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 臺灣.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Daeman
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Daeman
McCune–Reischauer?Taeman
Yale Romanization?tayman
Form from
Sino-Korean
대만(臺灣) (Daeman)
Form from
Standard Mandarin
타이완 (Taiwan)
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Proper noun

대만 (Daeman) (hanja 臺灣)

  1. Taiwan (a partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands)
  2. Taiwan (an island between the Taiwan Strait and Philippine Sea in East Asia)

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

countries in Asia: 아시아 나라 (asia-ui nara) (appendix)edit