바위

Korean

Noun

바위 (bawi)

1. rock, crag
   • 큰 바위 얼굴. (keun bawi eolgul.) The Great Stone Face.

Alternative forms

• 바회 (bahoe) (obsolete)

Synonyms

• 너설 (neoseol, -seor) cliff
• 암석 (岩石, amseog, -seok) rock
• 암초 (岩礁, amcho) sunken rock
• 반석 (磐石, banseog, -seok) flat rock

Antonyms

• 자갈 (jagal, jagar) pebble, gravel
• 모래 (morae) sand
• 흙 (heulg, heuk) earth

Derived terms

• 바위산 (-san) rocky mountain
• 바위타기 (-tagi) rock-climbing
• 바위틈 (-teum) gap, crack between rocks
• 너럭바위 (neoreog, -reok) flat rock
• 흔들바위 (heundeul-) logan, rocking stone

Related terms

• 돌 (dol, dor) stone

See also

• 고인돌 (goindol, -dor) dolmen