범부

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 凡夫

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?beombu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?beombu
McCune–Reischauer?pŏmbu
Yale Romanization?pēmpu

Noun

범부 (beombu) (hanja 凡夫)

  1. ordinary person; mortal person
  2. (Buddhism) unenlightened person