백화점

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 百貨店, from 百 (“hundred”) + 貨 (“things”) + 店 (“shop”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 百貨店(ひゃっかてん) (hyakkaten)[1]

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pɛkʰwa̠d͡ʑʌ̹m] ~ [pe̞kʰwa̠d͡ʑʌ̹m]
  • Phonetic hangul: [배콰점/베콰점]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?baekhwajeom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?baeghwajeom
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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