오빠

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Korean

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Etymology

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Probably contracted from 오라비 (orabi, brother of a female) +‎ (-a, hey, vocative particle), compare 누나 (nuna, elder sister of a male). For more on the etymology, see 오라비 (orabi).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?oppa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?o'ppa
McCune–Reischauer?oppa
Yale Romanization?o.ppa

Noun

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오빠 (oppa)

  1. elder brother of a female
    Synonym: (honorific, dated) 오라버니 (orabeoni)
    Coordinate term: 언니 (eonni)
    우리 오빠 아버지 빼닮았다.
    Uri oppa-neun abeoji-reul ppaedalmatda.
    My older brother takes after my father.
  2. (women's speech, in informal friendly settings) somewhat older male
    오빠 사귄 얼마 됐지?
    Oppa-rang sagwin ji eolma dwaetji?
    How long has it been since I started going out with him?

Usage notes

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This term is used as a de facto second-person pronoun by women to address both older brothers and unrelated men of somewhat older age. This is because Korean does not permit the use of true second-person pronouns towards a social superior. See 너#Usage notes for more.

Usage of this term is discouraged in North Korea due to the country's official ideology and this word is thought to represent South Korea's cultural influence.

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Synonyms

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Historical and regional synonyms of 오빠 (oppa, older brother of a female)
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GroupRegionLocationWords
Standardised formsSouth Korean Standard Language오빠 (oppa), 오라버니 (orabeoni) (hon.), 오라비 (orabi) (also y.)
North Korean Cultured Language오빠 (oppa), 오라버니 (orabeoni) (hon.), 오래비 (oraebi) (also y.)
Historical formsMiddle Korean오〮라비〮 (wólàpí) (also y.)
Early Modern Seoul Korean오라비 (orabi) (also y.), 오래비 (oraebi) (also y.)
Central KoreanGyeonggiModern colloquial Seoul오빠 (oppa) (other traditional Seoul forms are not used)
Traditional Seoul오빠 (oppa), 오라버니 (orabeoni) (hon.), 오라비 (orabi) (also y.), 오래비 (oraebi) (also y.)
YeongdongSamcheok오빠 (óppà), 오라버니 (órábèonì), 오라바이 (órábàì)
Jeongseon오빠 (oppa), 오라버니 (orabeoni), 오라버이 (orabeoi)
North ChungcheongCheongju오빠 (oppa), 오라버니 (orabeoni)
Goesan오라버니 (orabeoni)
Boeun오빠 (oppa), 오라버이 (orabeoi)
Okcheon오빠 (oppa), 오라버니 (orabeoni)
Yeongdong오빠 (oppa), 오라버니 (orabeoni)
South ChungcheongCheonan오라버니 (orabeoni)
Cheongyang오라버니 (orabeoni)
Buyeo오라버니 (orabeoni)
Seocheon오빠 (oppa)
Nonsan오라버니 (orabeoni)
South HwanghaeAnak오빠 (oppa)
North HwanghaePongsan오라바이 (orabai)
Gyeongsang KoreanNorth GyeongsangDaegu올배 (ólbè)
Mungyeong'오빠 ( oppa)
Andong오라배 (órábè)
Pohang'오'라바시 ( o rabasi)
South GyeongsangBusan오라배 (órábè), '오'라부이 ( o rabu'i) (hon.), 오래비 (órébì) (deprec.), '오'라바이 ( o rabai) (deprec.)
Ulsan오라배 (órábè)
Geochang오라배 (órábè), 오라버니 (órábèunì), '오'라바이 ( o rabai)
Hamyang'오'라바이 ( o rabai)
Jinju'오'라배 ( o rabae)
Yangsan오래배 (órébè)
Goseong'오'라배 ( o rabae)
Geoje오랍세 (órápsè)
Jeolla KoreanNorth JeollaGunsan오라바니 (orabani)
Iksan오라바니 (orabani)
Wanju오랍씨 (orapssi), 오라바니 (orabani) (hon.)
Gimje오라바니 (orabani)
Jeongeup오래비 (oraebi)
Imsil오래비 (oraebi), 오라바이 (orabai) (hon.), 오라바니 (orabani) (hon.)
South JeollaYeonggwang오빠 (oppa), 오랍씨 (orapssi)
Jangseong오라버니 (orabeoni)
Gokseong오빠 (oppa), 오라부니 (orabuni), 오라부지 (orabuji)
Sinan오랍씨 (orapssi), 오람 (oram)
Muan오빠 (oppa), 오라비 (orabi), 오라부 (orabu) (voc.), 오라부님 (orabunim) (voc.)
Naju오라버니 (orabeoni)
Hwasun오라버니 (orabeoni)
Suncheon오랍씨 (orapssi)
Gwangyang오랍씨 (orapssi), 오래비 (oraebi)
Yeongam오라버니 (orabeoni)
Jindo오빠 (oppa), 오라부 (orabu), 오라부님 (orabunim), 오람씨 (oramssi)
Haenam오라버니 (orabeoni)
Gangjin오라버니 (orabeoni)
Wando오랍씨 (orapssi), 오람 (oram)
Boseong오라부니 (orabuni)
Goheung오라비 (orabi)
Yeosu오랍쎄 (orapsse)
Pyongan KoreanSouth PyonganRyonggang오래비 (oraebi) (if unmarried), 오라바니 (orabani) (if married), 오라반 (oraban) (if married)
Songchon오래비 (oraebi)
Mundok오래비 (oraebi), 오라버니 (orabeoni) (if brother is over 50 years old), 오라버님 (orabeonim) (if brother is over 50 years old)
North PyonganRyongchon오래비 (oraebi) (children use personal names to address older brothers)
DiasporaDandong오르바니 (oreubani)
Hamgyong KoreanSouth HamgyongTanchon'오래비 ( oraebi)
Yukjin KoreanDiasporaHunchun오래비 (óràebì) (as children), 오라바니 (óràbànì) (as adults)
JejuJeju City오라방 (orabang) (also y.), 오라바님 (orabanim), 오라뱀 (orabaem)
Seogwipo오라방 (orabang) (also y.), 오라바님 (orabanim), 오라뱀 (orabaem)
hon.: honorific / deprec.: deprecatory / voc.: vocative
also y.: refers to any brother of a female, regardless of relative age
This table is an amalgamation of surveys of speakers mostly born before 1950 and may not reflect the language of younger speakers, which has lexically converged towards the standard Seoul dialect in both North and South Koreas.

Derived terms

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(kinship terms)

(other)

  • (ppa, stan (obsessive fan)

Descendants

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  • English: oppa
  • Japanese: オッパ (oppa)
  • Indonesian: oppa
  • Mandarin: 歐巴欧巴 (ōubā), 偶巴 (ǒubā)

See also

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  • (hyeong, older brother of a male)
  • 누나 (nuna, older sister of a male)
  • 동생 (dongsaeng, younger sibling)