대통령

Sino-Korean word from 大統領 (“president”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大(だい)統(とう)領(りょう) (daitōryō).^[1]

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): ~

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• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 대통령의 / 대통령에 / 대통령까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the second and third syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

대통령 • (daetongnyeong) (hanja 大統領)

1. president of a country

   그래, 대통령은 국민들에 의해 선출된 한 국가의 수장이야.

   Geurae, daetongnyeong-eun gungmin-deur-e ui-hae seonchul-doen han gukga-ui sujang-iya.

   Yes, the president is the head of a country elected by the people.

• 대통령령(大統領令) (daetongnyeongnyeong, “presidential decree”)