험담

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 險談.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈhɘ(ː)mda̠m]
  • Phonetic hangul: [험(ː)담]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heomdam
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heomdam
McCune–Reischauer?hŏmdam
Yale Romanization?hēmtam

Noun

험담 • (heomdam) (hanja 險談)

  1. slander, gossip, backbiting

Derived terms

  • 험담하다 (險談—, heomdamhada)
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