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seotda

/ˈsɔt.dɑː/

seotda noun: a Korean card game with betting and bluffing, played with hwatu cards, similar to baccarat and the Japanese game oicho-kabu.

Noun

seotda (uncountable)

  1. A Korean card game with betting and bluffing, played with hwatu cards, similar to baccarat and the Japanese game oicho-kabu
    • Games played with hwatu cards include minhwatu, go-stop, yukbaek, sambong, ppeong, and games similar to tujeon, such as jitgottaeng and seotda.2010, Ria Chae, editor, Encyclopedia of Korean Seasonal Customs, National Folk Museum of Korea, →ISBN, page 103
    • The lyrics of "Ddaeng" for instance, which is a song that BTS released for free, are impossible to understand without knowledge about seotda, which is a game type for Korean gambling cards (hwatu). Therefore, fan translations of "Ddaeng" provide detailed rules of seotda alongside the English lyrics.2019, Jeeheng Lee, translated by Oul Han, Solbee Park, BTS and ARMY Culture, 커뮤니케이션북스(주), →ISBN

Origin of seotda

Borrowed from Korean 섰다 (seotda).

Questions about seotda

What does seotda mean?
Seotda means a Korean card game with betting and bluffing, played with hwatu cards, similar to baccarat and the Japanese game oicho-kabu.
What part of speech is seotda?
Seotda is a noun.
How do you pronounce seotda?
Seotda is pronounced /ˈsɔt.dɑː/.

Words near seotda in the dictionary

  1. Seongju
  2. Seongnam
  3. Seongs
  4. Seoni
  5. SEOs
  6. seotda
  7. Seoul
  8. Seoulite
  9. Seoulites
  10. Seow
  11. sep

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