대중

대중

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 大衆, from 大 (“large”) + 衆 (“group”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[ˈte̞ːd͡ʑuŋ]
• Phonetic Hangul[대:중]

Revised Romanization? daejung Revised Romanization (translit.)? daejung McCune–Reischauer? taejung Yale Romanization? tāycwung

Noun

대중 • (daejung) (hanja 大衆)

1. crowd; party
2. the masses; public

   클린턴은, 그녀는 대중이 그녀의 이메일을 봐주기를 원하며 국무부에게 그것들을 공개해 줄 것을 요청하였다고 말했다.

   Keullinteoneun, geunyeoneun daejung-i geunyeoui imeireul bwajugireul wonhamyeo gungmubuege geugeotdeureul gonggaehae jul geoseul yocheonghayeotdago malhaetda.

   Clinton has said that she wants the public to see her emails and that she asked the State Department to release them.

   2015, Voice of America, 〈Obama - I Learned of Clinton Email Account Via News〉 (The original sentence in English)

3. being public; being popular (Something cheap or commonplace, enjoyed by many people because it suits the public's taste.)

References

• National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)