좌빨

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Korean

Etymology

Clipping of 좌파 빨갱이 (jwapa ppalgaeng'i, literally leftist commie).

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?jwappal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jwa'ppal
McCune–Reischauer?chwappal
Yale Romanization?cwā.ppal

Noun

좌빨 (jwappal) (hanja 左빨)

  1. (slang, derogatory) a left-winger (implying that they are communist)

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