피통

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰitʰo̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [피통]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	pitong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	pitong
McCune–Reischauer?	p'it'ong
Yale Romanization?	phi.thong

Etymology 1

피 (pi, “blood”) +‎ 통 (tong, “vessel”)

Noun

피통 • (pitong)

1. (dialectal, Yukjin) a heart

   Synonyms: 심장 (simjang), 염통 (yeomtong), 중단전 (jungdanjeon)

Etymology 2

From French piton (“nail, spike”).

Noun

피통 • (pitong)

1. a piton; a wedge driven into a rock for support

References

피통 in dictionaries at daum.net