단위

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 單位 (“unit”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 単位 (tan'i).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ta̠nɥi] ~ [ta̠ny]
• Phonetic hangul: [다뉘]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	danwi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	dan'wi
McCune–Reischauer?	tanwi
Yale Romanization?	tan.wi

Noun

단위 • (danwi) (hanja 單位)

1. a unit
2. (grammar) a counter

   단위 명사

   danwi myeongsa

   counter noun (a type of 의존 명사 (uijon myeongsa, “dependent noun”))

3. academic credit

Synonyms

• 하나치 (hanachi)