표범

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 豹 (MC paewH) + Native Korean 범 (beom, “tiger”). Displaced indigenous 바독〮범〯 (Yale: pàtwókpĕm).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰjobʌ̹m]
• Phonetic hangul: [표범]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	pyobeom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	pyobeom
McCune–Reischauer?	p'yobŏm
Yale Romanization?	phyopem

Noun

표범 • (pyobeom)

1. leopard (Panthera pardus); specifically the Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)

Derived terms

• 구름표범 (gureumpyobeom, “clouded leopard”)
• 눈표범 (nunpyobeom, “snow leopard, ounce”)
• 바다표범 (badapyobeom, “hair seal”)
• 표범상어 (pyobeomsang'eo, “leopard shark, cat shark”)
• 표범장지뱀 (pyobeomjangjibaem, “Mongolian racerunner”)
• 표범피부 (豹-皮膚, pyobeompibu, “leopardskin”)