파업

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 罷業.

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpʰa̠(ː)ʌ̹p̚]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?pa'eop
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?pa'eob
    McCune–Reischauer?p'aŏp
    Yale Romanization?phāep

    Noun

    파업 • (pa'eop) (hanja 罷業)

    1. strike, walkout (work stoppage)

    Derived terms

    • 총파업 (總罷業, chongpa'eop, “general strike”)
    • 파업파괴자 (罷業破壞者, pa'eop'pagoeja, “strikebreaker”)