Jump to content

대폭발

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Korean

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Sino-Korean word from 大爆發, from (big) + 爆發 (explosion).

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)pʰo̞k̚p͈a̠ɭ] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)pʰo̞k̚p͈a̠ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Daepokbal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Daepogbal
McCune–Reischauer?Taep'okpal
Yale Romanization?tāy.phokpal

Proper noun

[edit]

대폭발 (Daepokbal) (hanja 大爆發)

  1. (cosmology, astrophysics) Big Bang
    Synonym: 빅뱅 (bikbaeng)