운동회

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 運動会, from 運動 (“exercise”) + 会 (“meeting”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈu(ː)ndo̞ŋβwe̞] ~ [ˈu(ː)ndo̞ŋɦø̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [운(ː)동훼/운(ː)동회]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?undonghoe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?undonghoe
McCune–Reischauer?undonghoe
Yale Romanization?wūntonghoy

Noun

운동회 • (undonghoe) (hanja 運動会)

  1. sports day; field day
    Synonyms: 체육대회(體育大會) (cheyukdaehoe), 체육제전(體育祭典) (cheyukjejeon)
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