화염병

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 火焰甁, from 火焰 (“fire”) + 甁 (“bottle”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɸwa̠(ː)jʌ̹mp͈jʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [화(ː)염뼝]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hwayeombyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hwayeombyeong
McCune–Reischauer?hwayŏmpyŏng
Yale Romanization?hwā.yemqpyeng

Noun

화염병 • (hwayeombyeong) (hanja 火焰甁)

  1. Molotov cocktail
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