동물

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 動物, from (moving) + (thing).

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?dongmul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dongmul
McCune–Reischauer?tongmul
Yale Romanization?tōngmul

Noun

동물 (dongmul) (hanja 動物)

  1. animal

Derived terms