필통

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 筆筒.

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?piltong
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?piltong
    McCune–Reischauer?p'ilt'ong
    Yale Romanization?phil.thong

    Noun

    필통 • (piltong) (hanja 筆筒)

    1. brush case
    2. pencil case, pencil box
      • 2012, Kyubyong Park, Learner's Korean-English Dictionary, Tuttle Publishing, page 238:
        필통 찾아봐.
        Piltong sog-eul chajabwa.
        Look inside the pencil case. (informal non-polite speech style)

    Synonyms