담백하다

Korean

Etymology

담백(淡白) (dambaek) + 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈta̠(ː)mbɛkʰa̠da̠] ~ [ˈta̠(ː)mbe̞kʰa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dambaekhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dambaeghada
McCune–Reischauer?tambaekhada
Yale Romanization?tāmpayk.hata

Adjective

담백하다 • (dambaekhada) (infinitive 담백해 or 담백하여, sequential 담백하니)

  1. to be unselfish, to be uninterested
  2. to be light (of flavor), to be simple, to be plain (in reference to food)

Conjugation

Synonyms

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