난데없이

Korean

Etymology

Univerbation of 난 (nan, “which has appeared”, past adnominal form of 나다 (nada, “to appear”)) +‎ 데 (de, “place”) +‎ 없이 (eopsi, “without”): "without place to appear".

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈna̠(ː)nde̞ʌ̹pɕ͈i]
  • Phonetic hangul: [난(ː)데업씨]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, the great majority of speakers (in both Koreas) no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nandeeopsi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nandeeobs'i
McCune–Reischauer?nandeŏpsi
Yale Romanization?nānteyeps.i

Adverb

난데없이 • (nandeeopsi)

  1. (of something that appears or approaches) out of the blue, out of thin air, all of a sudden
    Coordinate term: 간데없이 (gandeeopsi)
    난데없이 나타나다 ― nandeeopsi natanada ― to appear out of the blue
    난데없이 들려오다 ― nandeeopsi deullyeo-oda ― to be heard all of a sudden
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