대부분

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 大部分, from (large) + 部分 (portion, section, part)

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?daebubun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daebubun
McCune–Reischauer?taebubun
Yale Romanization?tāypupun

Noun

대부분 (daebubun) (hanja 大部分)

  1. the majority, the better part