백화점

Korean

Etymology

from Japanese 百 (ひゃっ)貨 (か)店 (てん) (hyakkaten)[1]. Sino-Korean word from 百貨店, from 百 (“hundred”) + 貨 (“things”) + 店 (“shop”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[pe̞kʰwa̠d͡ʑʌ̹m]
  • Phonetic Hangul[배콰점]
Revised Romanization? baekhwajeom
Revised Romanization (translit.)? baeg-hwajeom
McCune–Reischauer? paekhwajŏm
Yale Romanization? payk.hwacem

Noun

백화점 • (baekhwajeom) (hanja 百貨店)

  1. department store.

References
  1. Chae-un Yi (이재운), Ttŭt to morŭgo chaju ssŭnŭn uri mal ŏwŏn 500-kaji (뜻도 모르고 자주 쓰는 우리말 어원 500가지), 2008, →ISBN
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