빵

빵

빵 U+BE75, 빵 HANGUL SYLLABLE BBANG Composition: ㅃ + ㅏ + ㅇ ← 빴 [U+BE74] Hangul Syllables 빶 → [U+BE76]

Korean

빠빡빢빣빤빥빦 빧빨빩빪빫빬빭 빮빯빰빱빲빳빴 빵빶빷빸빹빺빻
비 ←	→ 빼

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [p͈a̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [빵]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ppang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ppang
McCune–Reischauer?	ppang
Yale Romanization?	ppang

Etymology 1

From Portuguese pão (“bread”), from Latin panis (“bread”). Compare French pain, Japanese パン (pan, “bread”), Taiwanese Hokkien 麭 (pháng).

Noun

빵 • (ppang)

1. bread
2. (slang) zero

Synonyms

• 영 (yeong) (zero)
• 공 (gong) (oh)

Derived terms

• 계란빵 (gyeranppang)
• 국화빵 (gukhwappang)
• 붕어빵 (bung'eoppang)
• 빵가루 (ppanggaru)
• 빵나무 (ppangnamu)
• 소다빵 (sodappang)
• 잉어빵 (ing'eoppang)

 

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin. Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

빵 • (ppang)

1. bang!

Synonyms

• 팡 (pang)
• 펑 (peong)
• 탕 (tang)
• 탁 (tak)
• 땅 (ttang)
• 딱 (ttak)

See also

• 펑크 (peongkeu, “puncture”) (loanword)
• 방아 (bang'a, “pounding, milling (with mortar and pestle)”)