배

Korean

Etymology 1

배백밲밳밴밵밶 밷밸밹밺밻밼밽 밾밿뱀뱁뱂뱃뱄 뱅뱆뱇뱈뱉뱊뱋
바 ←	→ 뱌

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 배 • (bae)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅂ and ㅐ.

Etymology 2

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄇᆡ (Yale: poy)..

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. ship, boat, vessel
   • 그 배는 북부 핀란드의 강을 따라 화물, 특히 타르 통을 운반하는 데에 쓰였다.

     geu baeneun bukbu pillandeuui gang'eul ttara hwamul, teukhi tareu tong'eul unbanhaneun dee sseuyeotda.

     That boat was used to carry freight, particularly barrels of tar, along the rivers in northern Finland.

Synonyms

• 선 (船, seon, “ship, vessel”)
• 선박 (船舶, seonbak, “ship, vessel”)

Etymology 3

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄇᆡ (Yale: poy).

1447, (deprecated template usage) 《석보상절》 24:22

그 샹재 그런 한 차바ᄂᆞᆯ 즉자히 다 먹고 ᄉᆞᆫᄌᆡ ᄇᆡᄅᆞᆯ 몯 ᄎᆡ와 조ᄎᆞᆫ 귓거슬 자바 次第로 다 ᄉᆞᆷᄭᅵ니

ku syangcay kulen han chapanol cukcahi ta mekko soncoy poylol mwot choywa cochon kwiskesul capa chaceylo ta somskini

Also attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean ᄇᆡ (Yale: poy). Compare Japanese 腹 (hara, “stomach”), 孕む (haramu, “to become pregnant”).

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. belly, abdomen, bulge, bilge
2. stomach, bowels
3. womb

Synonyms

• 복 (腹, bok, “belly”)
• 복부 (腹部, bokbu, “abdomen”)

Etymology 4

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

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

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

Suffix

—배 • (-bae) (hanja 倍)

1. times