맨땅

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From 맨 (maen, “only, bare, empty”) +‎ 땅 (ttang, “land, earth”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [mɛnt͈a̠ŋ] ~ [me̞nt͈a̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [맨땅/멘땅]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?maenttang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?maenttang
McCune–Reischauer?maenttang
Yale Romanization?maynttang

Noun

맨땅 • (maenttang)

  1. bare ground
    맨땅에 앉다 ― maenttang-e anda ― to sit on the bare ground
  2. from scratch
    맨땅에 시작하다 ― maenttang-e sijakhada ― to start with nothing
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