폭설

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 暴雪, from 暴 (“sudden”) + 雪 (“snow”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pʰo̞ks͈ʌ̹ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [폭썰]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pokseol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pogseol
McCune–Reischauer?p'oksŏl
Yale Romanization?phok.sel

Noun

폭설 • (pokseol) (hanja 暴雪)

  1. heavy snow, deep snowfall, sudden fall of snow
    폭설로 도로가 완전 혼란에 빠졌다.
    Pokseol-lo doro-ga wanjeon hollan-e ppajeotda.
    Heavy snow has caused total chaos on the roads.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 暴 (“sudden”) + 泄 (“flow”).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pokseol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pogseol
McCune–Reischauer?p'oksŏl
Yale Romanization?phok.sel

Noun

폭설 • (pokseol) (hanja 暴泄)

  1. diarrhea
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 폭설(暴泄)하다 (pokseolhada)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 暴 (“violent, brutal”) + 說 (“reprimand, admonish”).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pokseol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pogseol
McCune–Reischauer?p'oksŏl
Yale Romanization?phok.sel

Noun

폭설 • (pokseol) (hanja 暴說)

  1. speaking violently
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 폭설(暴說)하다 (pokseolhada)
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