666 공포증

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 六百六十六 (“six hundred sisty six”) + 恐怖症 (“phobia”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [juk̚p͈ɛɡjukɕ͈ibjuk̚ ko̞(ː)ŋpʰo̞t͡ɕ͈ɯŋ] ~ [juk̚p͈e̞ɡjukɕ͈ibjuk̚ ko̞(ː)ŋpʰo̞t͡ɕ͈ɯŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [육빼귝씨뷱 공(ː)포쯩/육뻬귝씨뷱 공(ː)포쯩]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yukbaegyuksibyuk gongpojeung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yugbaeg'yugsib'yug gongpojeung
McCune–Reischauer?yukpaegyuksibyuk kongp'ochŭng
Yale Romanization?yukpayk.yuk.sip.yuk kōngphoqcung

Noun

666 공포증 • (yukbaegyuksibyuk gongpojeung) (hangeul 육백육십육 공포증, hanja 六百六十六 恐怖症)

  1. hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, fear of the number 666
    내 친구는 666 공포증이 있어서 그 번호를 절대 안 써요.
    Nae chin'guneun 666 gongpojeung'i isseoseo geu beonhoreul jeoldae an sseoyo.
    My friend has a fear of the number 666, so he doesn't use that number.
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