동생

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 同生, from 同 (“same”) + 生 (“life”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [to̞ŋsʰɛŋ] ~ [to̞ŋsʰe̞ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [동생/동셍]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dongsaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dongsaeng
McCune–Reischauer?tongsaeng
Yale Romanization?tongsayng
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 동생의 / 동생에 / 동생까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

동생 • (dongsaeng) (hanja 同生)

  1. younger sibling

Derived terms
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