대폭발

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 大爆發, from 大 (“big”) + 爆發 (“explosion”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)pʰo̞k̚p͈a̠ɭ] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)pʰo̞k̚p͈a̠ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)폭빨/데(ː)폭빨]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Daepokbal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Daepogbal
McCune–Reischauer?Taep'okpal
Yale Romanization?tāy.phokpal

Proper noun

대폭발 • (Daepokbal) (hanja 大爆發)

  1. (cosmology, astrophysics) Big Bang
    Synonym: 빅뱅 (bikbaeng)
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