찬반

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 贊反 (“approval and disapproval”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰa̠(ː)nba̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [찬(ː)반]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chanban
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chanban
McCune–Reischauer?ch'anban
Yale Romanization?chānpan

Noun

찬반 • (chanban) (hanja 贊反)

  1. support and opposition; approval and disapproval

Derived terms
  • 찬반양론 (贊反兩論, chanbanyangnon, “pros and cons”)
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