피통

Korean

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pitong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pitong
McCune–Reischauer?p'it'ong
Yale Romanization?phi.thong

Etymology 1

피 (pi, “blood”) +‎ 통 (tong, “vessel”)

Noun

피통 • (pitong)

  1. (dialectal, Yukjin) a heart
    Synonyms: 심장 (simjang), 염통 (yeomtong), 중단전 (jungdanjeon)

Etymology 2

From French piton (“nail, spike”).

Noun

피통 • (pitong)

  1. a piton; a wedge driven into a rock for support

References

피통 in dictionaries at daum.net

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