탄압하다

Korean

Etymology

From 탄압(彈壓) (tanap, oppression, pressure, suppression) + 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtʰa̠(ː)na̠pʰa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?tanaphada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tan'abhada
McCune–Reischauer?t'anaphada
Yale Romanization?thān.ap.hata

Verb

탄압하다 • (tanaphada) (infinitive 탄압해 or 탄압하여, sequential 탄압하니)

  1. to oppress, suppress, subjugate, repress, crack down on, coerce
    반대 세력 탄압하다bandae seryeog-eul tanaphadato coerce the opposition
    소수 민족 탄압하다sosu minjog-eul tanaphadato oppress a minority group

Conjugation

See also

  • 탄압(彈壓)되다 (tanapdoeda)
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