밥

밥 U+BC25, 밥 HANGUL SYLLABLE BAB Composition: ㅂ + ㅏ + ㅂ Dubeolsik input: q-k-q ← 밤 [U+BC24] Hangul Syllables 밦 → [U+BC26]

Korean

Etymology 1

바박밖밗반밙밚 받발밝밞밟밠밡 밢밣밤밥밦밧밨 방밪밫밬밭밮밯
미 ←	→ 배

Syllable

밥 • (bap)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅂ, ㅏ, and ㅂ.

Etymology 2

First attested in the Hunmin jeongeum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 밥 (Yale: pap).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠p̚]
• Phonetic hangeul: [밥]

Revised Romanization? bap Revised Romanization (translit.)? bab McCune–Reischauer? pap Yale Romanization? pap Audio (file)

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 밥의 / 밥에 / 밥까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Alternative forms

• honorific: 진지 (jinji)

Noun

밥 • (bap)

1. cooked rice

   밥을 먹다.

   Babeul meokda.

   to eat rice.

2. food, meal

   밥을 먹다.

   Babeul meokda.

   to have a meal.

3. feed

   개밥.

   Gaebap.

   feed for dogs; dog food.

4. (figuratively) a person serving as an object of abuse.

   내가 니 밥이냐? 왜 자꾸 괴롭혀?

   Naega ni babinya? Wae jakku goerophyeo?

   Am I your punching bag? Why do you keep bothering me?

5. living

Synonyms

• 반 (飯, ban)

Antonyms

• 반찬 (飯饌, banchan): dishes accompanying boiled rice

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 국밥 (gukbap): rice merged in soup
• 김밥 (gimbap): rice rolled in laver
• 보리밥 (boribap): boiled rice and barley
• 비빔밥 (bibimbap)
• 쌀밥 (ssalbap): boiled rice
• 잡곡밥 (japgokbap): boiled rice and cereals
• 조밥 (jobap): boiled rice and millet
• 찰밥 (chalbap): boiled glutinous rice
• 콩밥 (kongbap): boiled rice and beans
• 팥밥 (patbap): boiled rice and red beans
• 밥값 (bapgap): price of the meal
• 밥구멍 (bapgumeong): throat
• 밥그릇 (bapgeureut): bowl of boiled rice
• 밥때 (bapttae): mealtime

• 밥맛 (bammat): appetite
• 밥벌레 (bapbeolle): idler
• 밥벌이 (bapbeori): to make a living
• 밥상 (밥床, bapsang): dinner table
• 밥솥 (bapsot): kettle for boiling rice
• 밥술 (bapsul): spoonful of boiled rice
• 밥알 (babal): grain of boiled rice
• 밥자루 (bapjaru): idler
• 밥주걱 (bapjugeok): big spoon to draw boiled rice from the kettle into the bowl
• 밥줄 (bapjul): means of living
• 밥집 (bapjip): chophouse
• 밥통 (baptong): boiled rice tub; stomach; fool, ass
• 밥풀 (bappul): grains of boiled rice

See also

• 국 (guk): soup
• 죽 (juk): gruel