퇴비

퇴비

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 堆肥, from 堆 (“to pile up”) + 肥 (“fertiliser”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[tʰwe̞bi] ~ [tʰø̞bi]
• Phonetic Hangul[퉤비/퇴비]

Revised Romanization? toebi Revised Romanization (translit.)? toebi McCune–Reischauer? t'oebi Yale Romanization? thoypi

Noun

퇴비 • (toebi) (hanja 堆肥)

1. Compost.

   그 시설은 단지 8주만에 음식물 쓰레기를, 가정용 및 농업용으로 적합한 풍부하고 깨끗한 퇴비로 만들 것입니다.

   Geu siseoreun danji 8jumane eumsingmul sseuregireul, gajeong-yong mit nong-eobyong-euro jeokhaphan pungbuhago kkaekkeuthan toebiro mandeul geosimnida.

   [The] facility […] in just eight weeks, turns [the food waste] into a rich, clean compost suitable for home and agricultural use.

   2017, University of Cambridge > news > Town and gown working together to make Open Cambridge 2017 the biggest yet(The original sentence in English) (CC BY 4.0)