대폭발

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 大爆發, from 大 (“big”) + 爆發 (“explosion”).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)pʰo̞k̚p͈a̠ɭ] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)pʰo̞k̚p͈a̠ɭ]
    • Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)폭빨/데(ː)폭빨]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?Daepokbal
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?Daepogbal
    McCune–Reischauer?Taep'okpal
    Yale Romanization?tāy.phokpal

    Proper noun

    대폭발 • (Daepokbal) (hanja 大爆發)

    1. (cosmology, astrophysics) Big Bang
      Synonym: 빅뱅 (bikbaeng)
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