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Korean
Etymology
시(時) (si, “time, hour”, Sino-Korean word) + 도 (-do, “even”) + 때 (ttae, “time, moment”, native Korean word) + 도 (-do, “even”) + 없다 (eopda, “to be without”): "to be without hour or moment " > "to occur at any moment, to be recurrent".
Compare 한(限)도 끝도 없다 (han-do kkeut-do eopda), again juxtaposing a Sino-Korean word with a native synonym for emphasis.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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| Revised Romanization? | sido ttaedo eopda |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sido ttaedo eobsda |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | sido ttaedo ŏpta |
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| Yale Romanization? | sito ttayto ēpsta |
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Idiom
시도 때도 없다 • (si-do ttae-do eopda)
- to be recurrent
- 시도 때도 없이 찾아오는 두통 ― si-do ttae-do eopsi chajaoneun dutong ― recurrent headache