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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 百貨店, from 百 (“hundred”) + 貨 (“things”) + 店 (“shop”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 百貨店 (hyakkaten)
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | baekhwajeom |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | baeghwajeom |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | paekhwajŏm |
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| Yale Romanization? | payk.hwacem |
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Noun
백화점 • (baekhwajeom) (hanja 百貨店)
- department store.
References
- ^ Chae-un Yi (이재운), Ttŭt to morŭgo chaju ssŭnŭn uri mal ŏwŏn 500-kaji (뜻도 모르고 자주 쓰는 우리말 어원 500가지), 2008, →ISBN