백문불여일견

Korean

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 百聞不如一見 (“hearing a hundred times is no better than seeing once”), from the ancient Chinese history Book of Han.

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pɛŋmun puɾjʌ̹ iɭɡjʌ̹n] ~ [pe̞ŋmun puɾjʌ̹ iɭɡjʌ̹n]
    • Phonetic hangul: [뱅문 부려 일견/벵문 부려 일견]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?baengmun buryeo ilgyeon
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?baegmun bul'yeo ilgyeon
    McCune–Reischauer?paengmun puryŏ ilgyŏn
    Yale Romanization?paykmun pul.ye il.kyen

    Noun

    백문불여일견 • (baengmunburyeoilgyeon) (hanja 百聞不如一見)

    1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) seeing is believing
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