변덕스럽다

Korean

Etymology

변덕(變德) (byeondeok, fickleness) + 스럽다 (seureopda, adjective-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpjʌ̹(ː)ndʌ̹ks͈ɯɾʌ̹p̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangeul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, the great majority of speakers (in both Koreas) no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?byeondeokseureopda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?byeondeogseuleobda
McCune–Reischauer?pyŏndŏksŭrŏpta
Yale Romanization?pyēntek.sulep.ta

Adjective

변덕스럽다 (byeondeokseureopda) (irregular, infinitive 변덕스러워, sequential 변덕스러우니, hanja 變德스럽다)

  1. (of a person, of the weather, etc.) to be fickle, to be mercurial, to be capricious

Conjugation

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