태백성

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 太白星, from 太 (“great”) + 白 (“white”) + 星 (“star”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰɛbɛks͈ʌ̹ŋ] ~ [tʰe̞be̞ks͈ʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [태백썽/테벡썽]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	taebaekseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	taebaegseong
McCune–Reischauer?	t'aebaeksŏng
Yale Romanization?	thaypayk.seng

Noun

태백성 • (taebaekseong) (hanja 太白星)

1. (astronomy) the evening star; the planet Venus in the western sky

   Synonyms: 개밥바라기 (gaebapbaragi), 장경성 (janggyeongseong)

   Antonym: 샛별 (saetbyeol)

   Hypernym: 금성 (geumseong)

   그믐달 위로 태백성이 외로이 걸려 있었다.

   geumeumdal wi-ro taebaekseong-i oeroi geollyeo isseotda.

   Above the dark moon, the evening star hung lonelily.