파이팅

파이팅

Korean

Alternative forms

• 화이팅 (hwaiting)

Etymology

From English fighting. Compare Japanese ファイト (faito).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[pʰa̠itʰiŋ]
• Phonetic Hangul[파이팅]

Revised Romanization? paiting Revised Romanization (translit.)? paiting McCune–Reischauer? p'ait'ing Yale Romanization? phaithing

Interjection

파이팅 • (paiting)

1. good luck!; go for it!, go!, come on!

   대한민국, 파이팅!

   Daehanmin-guk, paiting!

   Go, Korea!

Usage notes

• The term doesn't mean "fighting", it's only used for encouragement, cf. Japanese ファイト！ (​faito!)