씨발

Korean

Etymology

Medial voicing of 씨팔 (ssipal), which is a calque of English fucking[1].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ɕ͈iba̠ɭ]
  • Phonetic Hangul[씨발]
Revised Romanization? ssibal
Revised Romanization (translit.)? ssibal
McCune–Reischauer? ssibal
Yale Romanization? ssipal

Interjection

씨발 • (ssibal)

  1. (vulgar) fuck!

Alternative forms

References
  1. Chae-un Yi (이재운) (2008) 뜻도 모르고 자주 쓰는 우리말 어원 500가지 (tteutdo moreugo jaju sseuneun urimal eowon 500gaji) [The 500 most common Korean words], →ISBN
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