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백문불여일견

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Korean

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 百聞不如一見 (hearing a hundred times is no better than seeing once), from the ancient Chinese history Book of Han.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pɛŋmun puɾjʌ̹ iɭɡjʌ̹n] ~ [pe̞ŋmun puɾjʌ̹ iɭɡjʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [ / ]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?baengmun buryeo ilgyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?baegmun bul'yeo ilgyeon
McCune–Reischauer?paengmun puryŏ ilgyŏn
Yale Romanization?paykmun pul.ye il.kyen

Noun

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백문불여일견 (baengmunburyeoilgyeon) (hanja 百聞不如一見)

  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) seeing is believing