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Korean
- (North Korea) 량반 (ryangban)
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 兩班, from 兩 (“both”) + 班 (“groups”), referring to 문반 (文班, munban, “civil vassal”) and 무반 (武班, muban, “military vassal”).
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | yangban |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yangban |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | yangban |
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| Yale Romanization? | yangpan |
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Noun
양반 • (yangban) (hanja 兩班)
- (historical) civil nobility and military nobility
- (historical) yangban class in Korea
- appellation to address a man
- husband
Usage notes
- (appellation):
- Used with an adjective: 점잖으신 양반 (jeomjaneusin yangban, “decent guy”), 바쁘신 양반 (bappeusin yangban, “busy man”)
- Used with a noun: 신사양반 (sinsayangban, “gentleman”), 의사양반 (uisayangban, “doctor”)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “historical class”):
- 상놈 (sangnom, “a vulgar man”)
- 쌍놈 (ssangnom, “a very vulgar man”)
- 천민 (cheonmin, “lowest class”)
- (antonym(s) of “spouse”):
- 안 사람 (an saram, “wife”)
- 집 사람 (jip saram, “wife”)
Derived terms
- 바깥양반 (bakkatyangban, “husband”)
- 우리집 양반 (urijip yangban, “my old man”)
- 양반다리 (yangbandari, “crossed-leg”)