배

배 U+BC30, 배 HANGUL SYLLABLE BAE Composition: ㅂ + ㅐ ← 밯 [U+BC2F] Hangul Syllables 백 → [U+BC31]

배백밲밳밴밵밶 밷밸밹밺밻밼밽 밾밿뱀뱁뱂뱃뱄 뱅뱆뱇뱈뱉뱊뱋
바 ←	→ 뱌

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested as Late Old Korean 擺 in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사)^[1], 1103. In the hangul script, first attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄇᆡ〮 (Yale: póy).

Often compared to Old Japanese 腹 (para, “stomach”), 孕む (paramu, “to become pregnant”) > modern hara, haramu, but Vovin rejects this.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pɛ] ~ [pe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [배/베]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bae
McCune–Reischauer?	pae
Yale Romanization?	pay

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 배의 / 배에 / 배까지

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

Noun

배 • (bae)

1. abdomen, belly (of a human or animal)

   Synonym: 복부(腹部) (bokbu)

2. (entomology) abdomen (of an arthropod)
3. belly, bowels, stomach

   배가 아프다 ― baega apeuda ― to have a stomachache

   배가 고프다 ― baega gopeuda ― to be hungry

   배가 부르다 ― baega bureuda ― to be full (from eating)

4. (interior of) the womb, the uterus
5. the belly of an object; the bulging side of an object

Derived terms

• 각배 (gakbae)
• 똥배 (ttongbae)
• 물배 (mulbae)
• 배고프다 (baegopeuda)
• 배곯다 (baegolta)
• 배꼽 (baekkop)
• 배마디 (baemadi)
• 배부르다 (baebureuda)
• 배알 (baeal)
• 배앓이 (baeari)
• 배총 (baechong)
• 배탈 (baetal)
• 배허리 (baeheori)
• 뱃가죽 (baetgajuk)
• 뱃살 (baetsal)
• 뱃속 (baetsok)
• 복배 (bokbae)
• 술배 (sulbae)
• 첫배 (cheotbae)
• 한배 (hanbae)
• 헛배 (heotbae)

Related terms

• 배다 (baeda, “to conceive (a child)”)

See also

• (womb; uterus): 자궁(子宮) (jagung, “a womb, a uterus”) (the organ)

Etymology 2

First attested as Late Old Korean 擺 (*bae) in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사)^[2], 1103. In the hangul script, first attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄇᆡ〮 (Yale: póy).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pɛ] ~ [pe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [배/베]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bae
McCune–Reischauer?	pae
Yale Romanization?	pay

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 배의 / 배에 / 배까지

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

Noun

배 • (bae) (counter 척(隻))

1. ship, boat, vessel (of any size)

   Synonym: 선박(船舶) (seonbak)

Derived terms

• 거룻배 (georutbae)
• 고깃배 (gogitbae)
• 끌배 (kkeulbae)
• 나룻배 (narutbae)
• 나무배 (namubae)
• 낚배 (nakbae)
• 낚싯배 (naksitbae)
• 놀잇배 (noritbae)
• 닻배 (datbae)
• 돛단배 (dotdanbae)
• 돛배 (dotbae)
• 떼배 (ttebae)
• 막배 (makbae)
• 밀배 (milbae)
• 배낚시 (baenaksi)
• 배등 (baedeung)
• 배질 (baejil)
• 배편 (baepyeon)
• 배표 (baepyo)
• 뱃길 (baetgil)
• 뱃나루 (baennaru)
• 뱃노래 (baennorae)
• 뱃머리 (baenmeori)
• 뱃멀미 (baenmeolmi)
• 뱃사공 (baetsagong)
• 뱃사람 (baetsaram)
• 뱃삯 (baetsak)
• 뱃일 (baesil)
• 뱃장사 (baetjangsa)
• 삯배 (sakbae)
• 싸움배 (ssaumbae)
• 조각배 (jogakbae)
• 종이배 (jong'ibae)
• 짐배 (jimbae)
• 통통배 (tongtongbae)

Etymology 3

First attested as Late Old Korean 敗 in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사)^[3], 1103. In the hangul script, first attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄇᆡ (Yale: pòy).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pɛ] ~ [pe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [배/베]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bae
McCune–Reischauer?	pae
Yale Romanization?	pay

Noun

배 • (bae)

1. pear (the fruit)

Derived terms

• 늦배 (neutbae)
• 들배 (deulbae)
• 문배 (munbae)
• 배꽃 (baekkot)
• 배나무 (baenamu)
• 서양배 (seoyangbae)
• 참배 (chambae)

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 倍.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pɛ(ː)] ~ [pe̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [배(ː)/베(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bae
McCune–Reischauer?	pae
Yale Romanization?	pāy

Noun

배 • (bae) (hanja 倍)

1. double, twice, twofold

   Synonym: 갑절 (gapjeol)

2. times, -fold

   Synonym: 곱절 (gopjeol)

Derived terms

• 배(倍)하다 (baehada)
• See the hanja entry at 倍 for Sino-Korean compounds of 배 (倍, bae).

Etymology 5

From Middle Chinese 拜 (MC peajH).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pɛ] ~ [pe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [배/베]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bae
McCune–Reischauer?	pae
Yale Romanization?	pay

Noun

배 • (bae)

1. yours truly, yours faithfully (respectful term placed after one's own name at the end of a letter)