불패

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 不敗, from (will never) + (lose).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [puɭpʰɛ] ~ [puɭpʰe̞]
    • Phonetic hangul: [/]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?bulpae
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?bulpae
    McCune–Reischauer?pulp'ae
    Yale Romanization?pul.phay

    Noun

    Derived verbs
    Active 불패하다

    불패 • (bulpae) (hanja 不敗)

    1. invincibility
      • 2016, “전진하는 사회주의 [Advancing in Socialism]”, 차호근 (Cha Ho-gun) (lyrics), 안정호 (An Jong-ho) (music):
        불패 따라
        만난(萬難) 이겨온
        자랑 행로(行路)
        신심 백배(百倍)해
        Bulpae-ui dan-g'eul ttara
        mannan-eul igyeoon
        Jarangchan haengno ue
        sinsim-eun baekbaehae
        Following the invincible Party,
        overcoming all difficulties;
        On this proud path of life,
        our faith multiples hundredfold.