백화점

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 百貨店, from 百 (“hundred”) + 貨 (“things”) + 店 (“shop”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 百貨店(ひゃっかてん) (hyakkaten)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pɛkʰwa̠d͡ʑʌ̹m] ~ [pe̞kʰwa̠d͡ʑʌ̹m]
• Phonetic hangul: [배콰점/베콰점]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	baekhwajeom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	baeghwajeom
McCune–Reischauer?	paekhwajŏm
Yale Romanization?	payk.hwacem

Noun

백화점 • (baekhwajeom) (hanja 百貨店)

1. department store.