"동생" meaning in Korean

See 동생 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [to̞ŋsʰɛŋ] [SK-Standard, Seoul], [to̞ŋsʰe̞ŋ] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: dongsaeng [romanization], 同生 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 同生, from 同 (“same”) + 生 (“life”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|同生}}, {{ko-etym-Sino|同|same|生|life}} Sino-Korean word from 同生, from 同 (“same”) + 生 (“life”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=同生}} 동생 • (dongsaeng) (hanja 同生)
  1. younger sibling
    Sense id: en-동생-ko-noun-bZxpv2Lk Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Family members Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked: 62 38 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42 Disambiguation of Family members: 75 25
  2. (usually childish) friend who is somewhat younger Tags: childish, usually
    Sense id: en-동생-ko-noun-FFCnsM-- Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Sino-Korean words, People Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 45 55 Disambiguation of People: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 남동생 (namdongsaeng) (alt: 男同生) (english: younger brother), 여동생 (yeodongsaeng) (alt: 女同生) (english: younger sister), 누이동생 (nu'idongsaeng) (alt: —同生) (english: younger sister)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "男同生",
      "english": "younger brother",
      "roman": "namdongsaeng",
      "word": "남동생"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "女同生",
      "english": "younger sister",
      "roman": "yeodongsaeng",
      "word": "여동생"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "—同生",
      "english": "younger sister",
      "roman": "nu'idongsaeng",
      "word": "누이동생"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "dongsaeng",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: dongsaeng, dongseng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: dongsaeng, dongseng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ドンセン"
          },
          "expansion": "ドンセン (donsen)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ドンセン (donsen)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "同生"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "同",
        "2": "same",
        "3": "生",
        "4": "life"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 同生, from 同 (“same”) + 生 (“life”)",
      "name": "ko-etym-Sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 同生, from 同 (“same”) + 生 (“life”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dongsaeng",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "同生",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "同生"
      },
      "expansion": "동생 • (dongsaeng) (hanja 同生)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Family members",
          "orig": "ko:Family members",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "younger sibling"
      ],
      "id": "en-동생-ko-noun-bZxpv2Lk",
      "links": [
        [
          "sibling",
          "sibling"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sino-Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "ko:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "friend who is somewhat younger"
      ],
      "id": "en-동생-ko-noun-FFCnsM--",
      "links": [
        [
          "childish",
          "childish"
        ],
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ],
        [
          "younger",
          "younger"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually childish) friend who is somewhat younger"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "childish",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ŋsʰɛŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ŋsʰe̞ŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "동생"
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "동셍"
    }
  ],
  "word": "동생"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean nouns",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sino-Korean words",
    "ko:Family members",
    "ko:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "alt": "男同生",
      "english": "younger brother",
      "roman": "namdongsaeng",
      "word": "남동생"
    },
    {
      "alt": "女同生",
      "english": "younger sister",
      "roman": "yeodongsaeng",
      "word": "여동생"
    },
    {
      "alt": "—同生",
      "english": "younger sister",
      "roman": "nu'idongsaeng",
      "word": "누이동생"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "dongsaeng",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: dongsaeng, dongseng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: dongsaeng, dongseng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ドンセン"
          },
          "expansion": "ドンセン (donsen)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ドンセン (donsen)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "同生"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "同",
        "2": "same",
        "3": "生",
        "4": "life"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 同生, from 同 (“same”) + 生 (“life”)",
      "name": "ko-etym-Sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 同生, from 同 (“same”) + 生 (“life”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dongsaeng",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "同生",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "同生"
      },
      "expansion": "동생 • (dongsaeng) (hanja 同生)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "younger sibling"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sibling",
          "sibling"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean childish terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "friend who is somewhat younger"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "childish",
          "childish"
        ],
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ],
        [
          "younger",
          "younger"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually childish) friend who is somewhat younger"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "childish",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ŋsʰɛŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ŋsʰe̞ŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "동생"
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "동셍"
    }
  ],
  "word": "동생"
}

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