태권도
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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 태권(跆拳) (taegwon, “foot and fist; trampling and punching”) + 道 (“way”). Coined by Korean martial artist Choi Hong Hi in 1955, influenced by the name of the unrelated martial art of 택견 (taekgyeon).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
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- Phonetic hangul:
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | taegwondo |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | taegwondo |
| McCune–Reischauer? | t'aekwŏndo |
| Yale Romanization? | thayqkwento |
Noun
Descendants
- → English: taekwondo
- → Arabic: تَايْكُونْدُو m (tāykūndū)
- → Chinese: 跆拳道 (táiquándào)
- → Finnish: taekwondo
- → French: taekwondo m
- → German: Taekwondo n
- → Greek: τάεκβοντο n (táekvonto)
- → Italian: taekwondo
- → Japanese: 跆拳道 (tekondō)
- → Kazakh: таеквондо (taekvondo)
- → Latvian: tekvondo
- → Persian: تکواندو (tekvândo)
- → Polish: taekwondo n
- → Portuguese: taekwondo m
- → Russian: тхэквондо́ n (txɛkvondó)
- → Spanish: taekwondo m
- → Thai: เทควันโด (tee-kwan-dôo)
- → Turkish: tekvando
- → Vietnamese: đài quyền đạo
See also
- 도장(道場) (dojang)