탄압하다

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Korean

Etymology

From 탄압(彈壓) (tanap, oppression, pressure, suppression) +‎ -하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

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?tanaphada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tan'abhada
McCune–Reischauer?t'anaphada
Yale Romanization?thān.ap.hata

Verb

탄압하다 (tanaphada) (infinitive 탄압해 or 탄압하여, sequential 탄압하니)

  1. to oppress, suppress, subjugate, repress, crack down on, coerce
    반대 세력 탄압하다bandae seryeog-eul tanaphadato coerce the opposition
    소수 민족 탄압하다sosu minjog-eul tanaphadato oppress a minority group

Conjugation

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