신박하다

Korean

Etymology

Leetspeak form of 신기(神奇)하다 (sin'gihada, to be strange; to be wondrous). Such style of replacement(replacing the syllable (gi) with (bak)) has been originated around 2010 from the Internet forum DC Inside, and has become an Internet meme. The word has since become widely popular and has appeared in mainstream print media since at least 2014.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɕʰinba̠kʰa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sinbakhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sinbaghada
McCune–Reischauer?sinbakhada
Yale Romanization?sinpak.hata

Adjective

신박하다 • (sinbakhada) (infinitive 신박해 or 신박하여, sequential 신박하니)

  1. (neologism) to be novel and interesting [since c. 2010 or somewhat earlier]
    신박한 아이디어sinbakhan aidieofresh new idea
    신박한 기술sinbakhan gisulpioneering technology

Conjugation

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