양반

Korean

Alternative forms
  • (North Korea) 량반 (ryangban)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 兩班, from 兩 (“both”) + 班 (“groups”), referring to 문반 (文班, munban, “civil vassal”) and 무반 (武班, muban, “military vassal”).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yangban
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yangban
McCune–Reischauer?yangban
Yale Romanization?yangpan

Noun

양반 • (yangban) (hanja 兩班)

  1. (historical) civil nobility and military nobility [10th–13th c.]
  2. (historical) yangban class in Korea [from 14th c.]
  3. appellation to address a man
  4. husband

Usage notes
  • (appellation):
    • Used with an adjective: 점잖으신 양반 (jeomjaneusin yangban, “decent guy”), 바쁘신 양반 (bappeusin yangban, “busy man”)
    • Used with a noun: 신사양반 (sinsayangban, “gentleman”), 의사양반 (uisayangban, “doctor”)

Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “historical class”):
    • 상놈 (sangnom, “a vulgar man”)
    • 쌍놈 (ssangnom, “a very vulgar man”)
    • 천민 (cheonmin, “lowest class”)
  • (antonym(s) of “spouse”):
    • 안 사람 (an saram, “wife”)
    • 집 사람 (jip saram, “wife”)

Derived terms
  • 바깥양반 (bakkatyangban, “husband”)
  • 우리집 양반 (urijip yangban, “my old man”)
  • 양반다리 (yangbandari, “crossed-leg”)
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