야당

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 野黨.

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?yadang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yadang
McCune–Reischauer?yadang
Yale Romanization?yātang

Noun

야당 (yadang) (hanja 野黨)

  1. (politics) the opposition party
    Antonym: 여당(與黨) (yeodang, the ruling party)
  • 여야 (與野, yeoya, “the ruling party and the opposition party”)