같은

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ka̠tʰɯn]
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  • Phonetic hangul: [가튼]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gateun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gat'eun
McCune–Reischauer?kat'ŭn
Yale Romanization?kath.un

Determiner

같은 • (gateun) (determinative of 같다)

  1. the same
    같은 말을 되풀이하다 ― gateun mar-eul doepurihada ― to say the same thing over and over
  2. like, -ish, -esque
    개 같은 ― gae gateun ― annoying, shitty [literally "dog-like"]
    꽃 같은 ― kkot gateun ― flowery
    동물 같은 ― dongmul gateun ― animalistic
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