벌집

Korean

Etymology

벌 (beol, “bee”) +‎ ㅅ (-s-, genitive interfix; omitted from the spelling, but this causes the tense phonation of the following consonant) +‎ 집 (jip, “house”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpɘ(ː)ʎt͡ɕ͈ip̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [벌(ː)찝]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?beoljip
Revised Romanization (translit.)?beoljib
McCune–Reischauer?pŏlchip
Yale Romanization?pēlqcip

Noun

벌집 • (beoljip)

  1. beehive; honeycomb
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