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해발

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 海拔

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ(ː)ba̠ɭ] ~ [ˈhe̞(ː)ba̠ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?haebal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?haebal
McCune–Reischauer?haebal
Yale Romanization?hāypal

Noun

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해발 (haebal) (hanja 海拔)

  1. height above sea level, elevation, altitude