골백

Korean

Etymology

골 (gol, meaning unknown) + 백 (百, baek, “hundred”). The first element may be connected to Old Korean 萬尸 (*KWOl, “ten thousand”), although there is potential for circular reasoning here.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞ɭbɛk̚] ~ [ko̞ɭbe̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [골백/골벡]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	golbaek
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	golbaeg
McCune–Reischauer?	kolbaek
Yale Romanization?	kol.payk

Determiner

골백 • (golbaek)

1. (rare, colloquial) bazillion; a very large number of (found only before 번 (beon, “times”) and 살 (sal, “years of age”))

   골백번도 말했겠다.

   Golbaekbeondo malhaetgetda.

   I must have told you a bazillion times.

   골백살 먹어도 철이 없을 거야.

   Golbaeksal meogeodo cheori eopseul geoya.

   He'd be immature even if he got to be a bazillion years old.