벽
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벼벽벾벿변볁볂 볃별볅볆볇볈볉 볊볋볌볍볎볏볐 병볒볓볔볕볖볗 | |
베 ← | → 볘 |
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Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pjʌ̹k̚]
- Phonetic hangul: [벽]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | byeok |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | byeog |
McCune–Reischauer? | pyŏk |
Yale Romanization? | pyek |
Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 壁 (壁, “wall”).
Noun
벽 • (byeok) (hanja 壁)
- wall
- 벽을 세우다
- byeokeul se'uda
- erect a wall
- 지진 때문에 벽이 무너졌다.
- jijin ttaemune byeokI muneojeotda.
- The wall collapsed due to the earthquake.
- 거실 벽에는 그림들이 걸려 있었다.
- geosil byeokEneun geurimdeuri geollyeo isseotda.
- Some pictures were hanging on the wall in the living room.
- (figurative) obstacle, hindrance
Synonyms
- (obsolete) ᄇᆞᄅᆞᆷ (polom) - First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459.
- (obsolete) ᄇᆞ람ᄉᆞ벽 (polamsopyek) - First attested in the Dongmun yuhae (동문유해), 1748
Derived terms
- 바람벽 (barambyeok, “wall”)
- 벽걸이 (byeokgeori, “wall tapestry”)
- 벽난로 (壁爛爐, byeongnallo, “fireplace”)
- 벽보 (壁報, byeokbo, “poster, placard”)
- 벽지 (壁紙, byeokji, “wallpaper”)
- 벽화 (壁畵, byeokhwa, “mural”)
- 성벽 (城壁, seongbyeok, “rampart, circumvallation”)
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 甓 (甓, “brick”).
Noun
벽 • (byeok) (hanja 甓)
- Non-standard form of 벽돌 (byeokdol, “brick”).
Etymology 3
Sino-Korean word from 癖 (癖, “disposition, craving”).
Noun
벽 • (byeok) (hanja 癖)
- habit, eccentricity, idiosyncrasy
- 내 상사는 화가 나면 무엇이든 집어던지는 벽이 있다.
- nae sangsaneun hwaga namyeon mueosideun jibeodeonjineun byeokI itda.
- My boss has the habit of throwing everything when angry.