호전되다

Korean

Etymology

호전(好轉) (hojeon) + 되다 (doeda, to become, light verb deriving passive verbs).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɸʷo̞(ː)d͡ʑʌ̹ndwe̞da̠] ~ [ˈɸʷo̞(ː)d͡ʑʌ̹ndø̞da̠]
  • Phonetic hangeul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, the great majority of speakers (in both Koreas) no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hojeondoeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hojeondoeda
McCune–Reischauer?hojŏndoeda
Yale Romanization?hōcentoyta

Verb

호전되다 (hojeondoeda) (infinitive 호전돼 or 호전되어, sequential 호전되니)

  1. (intransitive) to improve, to get better, to take a turn for the better
    사태 호전되었다.Sataega hojeondoeeotda.The situation has improved.
    Antonym: 악화(惡化)되다 (akhwadoeda)

Conjugation

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