대합실

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 待合室 (“waiting room”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 待(まち)合(あい)室(しつ) (machiaishitsu).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)ɦa̠pɕ͈iɭ] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)ɦa̠pɕ͈iɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)합씰/데(ː)합씰]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?daehapsil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daehabsil
McCune–Reischauer?taehapsil
Yale Romanization?tāyhap.sil

Noun

대합실 • (daehapsil) (hanja 待合室)

  1. waiting room

References
  1. CHO Eui-sung (2001) “우리말에 들어온 일본말 [urimare deureoon ilbonmal, Japanese words that have entered Korean]”, in Cho's Lab of Korean Language‎
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