hanbok

English

Korean hanbok

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 한복(韓服) (hanbok, literally “Korean clothing”).

Noun

hanbok (countable and uncountable, plural hanboks or hanbok)

1. The traditional Korean dress, often characterized by vibrant colours and simple lines without pockets.
   • 2022 February 9, Justin McCurry, “Hanbok at Beijing Winter Olympics opening sparks South Korean anger”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The Chinese embassy in Seoul defended the decision to include a participant wearing hanbok, describing her as a representative of the country’s dozens of ethnic groups.

Translations

traditional Korean dress

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韓服／韩服 (zh) (hánfú)

• French: hanbok (fr) m
• Indonesian: hanbok
• Japanese: 韓服 (かんふく, kanfuku, かんぷく, kanpuku, ハンボッ, hanbo)
• Korean: 한복(韓服) (ko) (hanbok), 조선옷 (ko) (joseonot) (North Korea)
• Russian: ханбо́к (ru) m (xanbók), чосоно́т m (čosonót)
• Thai: ฮันบก (th) (han-bòk)

Further reading

• hanbok on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Indonesian

Korean diaspora wearing hanbok at the Korean Cultural Center in Jakarta

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Korean 한복 (hanbok, “Korean clothing”), from Sino-Korean word from 韓服.

Noun

hanbok (first-person possessive hanbokku, second-person possessive hanbokmu, third-person possessive hanboknya)

1. The traditional Korean dress (worn by both males and females), often characterized by vibrant colours and simple lines without pockets.

Further reading

• “hanbok” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• hanbok on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id