뺑소니

Korean

FWOTD – 19 February 2015

Etymology

빼— (ppae-, “to take out”) (> 내빼— (naeppae-, “to run away”), 빼치— (ppaechi-, “to extricate oneself”)) + ? + 손 (son, “hand; one who ...”) + —이 (i, “-er”) (?).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key)[p͈e̞ŋsʰo̞ni]
Phonetic Hangul[뺑소니]

Revised Romanization^?	ppaengsoni
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ppaengsoni
McCune–Reischauer^?	ppaengsoni
Yale Romanization^?	ppayngsoni

Noun

뺑소니 • (ppaengsoni)

abscondence, fleeing
hit-and-run
- 2015, '크림빵 뺑소니' 피의자, 증거 인멸 시도 ("Suspect in the hit-and-run death of 'custard-bun father' attempted to destroy the evidence")
  '크림빵 아빠' 뺑소니 사망 사건의 피의자인 허모씨가 사고 차량을 스스로 고친 것으로 드러났습니다.
  keurimppang appa ppaengsoni samang sageonui piuijain heomossiga sago charyang-eul seuseuro gochin geoseuro deureonatseumnida.
  It had been revealed that Mr. Heo, the suspect in the hit-and-run death of "custard-bun-[carrying] father", had repaired the accident car himself.

Derived terms

뺑소니치다 (ppaengsonichida, “to commit a hit-and-run”)