개벽

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 開闢, from 開 (“beginning”) + 闢 (“opening”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kɛbjʌ̹k̚] ~ [ke̞bjʌ̹k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [개벽/게벽]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaebyeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaebyeog
McCune–Reischauer?kaebyŏk
Yale Romanization?kaypyek

Noun

개벽 • (gaebyeok) (hanja 開闢)

  1. Creation
  2. The dawn of a new age or order
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