期間 while

Language

javascript

Surface

stdlib

Locale

ko-Hani

Concept

while

Brain ID

javascript/stdlib/while

Brevity ladder

期間 → 동안

Gloss

while — a loop that repeats while a condition holds

Upstream reference

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Brain version

1.1.0-alpha.13 · generated Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:26:24 GMT · hash 4914b8003cdd29d0…

Provenance

#4 control-flow key_concept key match on 'while'
#23 demo-alpha concept_map maps javascript/while → concept while
#28 sealion-refinement concept_map maps javascript/while → concept while winning layer

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Across locales

What each covering migration carries for this concept, per locale — the whole-brain view, not filtered by your language. Forms are the migration's leaf values (pre-transform, pre-human-verdict); a locale without a form falls back to canonical English. Chips open that locale's live docs page for this term.

control-flow · concept while — per-locale forms

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demo-alpha · concept while — per-locale forms

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sealion-refinement · concept while — per-locale forms

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AI council review

Reviewed by 1 model · @cf/aisingapore/gemma-sea-lion-v4-27b-it · 2026-07-17

Cluster control-flow · locale ko-Hani · member while

improve

verdict

동안

existing translation

期間

improved translation

Explanation

Using '期間' (기간) - 'period/duration' - is a closer Hanja equivalent that implies a time-based condition for the loop.

Issue breakdown

accuracy While '동안' means 'during', it doesn't fully capture the conditional looping aspect of 'while'.
specificity Lacks the conditional aspect of a 'while' loop.
consistency Inconsistent with the Hanja-focused approach.