비누

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Bak Tongsa eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해), 1677, as Early Modern Korean 비노 (Yale: pinwo).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?binu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?binu
McCune–Reischauer?pinu
Yale Romanization?pinwu

Noun

비누 • (binu)

  1. soap
    Synonym: 석감(石鹼) (seokgam)
    • 2012, Kyubyong Park, Learner's Korean-English Dictionary, Tuttle Publishing, page 23:
      이 비누는 순해요.
      I binuneun sunhaeyo.
      This soap is mild. (informal polite speech style)
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