대문

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 大門 (“gate, (front/main) entrance, door”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)mun] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)mun]
• Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)문/데(ː)문]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	daemun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	daemun
McCune–Reischauer?	taemun
Yale Romanization?	tāymun

Noun

대문 • (daemun) (hanja 大門)

1. gate, (front/main) entrance, door