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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 輩 (“certain type of people”).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | bae |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | bae |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | pae |
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| Yale Romanization? | pay |
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Suffix
-배 • (-bae) (hanja 輩)
- group of people of a certain kind
- 불량(不良) (bullyang, “misconduct, bad character”) + -배 (-bae) → 불량배(不良輩) (bullyangbae, “thugs, troublemakers”)
- 소인(小人) (soin, “small-minded person”) + -배 (-bae) → 소인배(小人輩) (soinbae, “those with narrow and cunning minds”)
Derived terms