밥곽

Korean

Etymology

Modern coinage from (bap, food) +‎ (gwak, small container).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bapgwak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?babgwag
McCune–Reischauer?papkwak
Yale Romanization?papkwak

Noun

밥곽 • (bapgwak)

  1. (North Korea) lunchbox
    Synonyms: (South Korea) 도시락 (dosirak), (South Korea, archaic) 벤토 (bento), (North Korea, Yanbian, Jeolla dialect or dated) 벤또 (bentto), (dialectal, obsolete) 변또 (byeontto), 곽밥 (gwakbap), 찬합(饌盒) (chanhap)