노배

Korean

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [no̞bɛ] ~ [no̞be̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [노배/노베]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nobae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nobae
McCune–Reischauer?nobae
Yale Romanization?nopay

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 蘿蔔／萝卜 (luóbo). Seems to be a somewhat early borrowing predating the establishment of North Korean orthography in the 1950s, given the reflex of Mandarin /l-/ as Korean /n-/.

Noun

노배 • (nobae)

  1. (China, including Yanbian) Chinese varieties of daikon, which are stouter than Korean ones
  2. (China, including Yanbian) any daikon or radish
Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 奴 (“slave, bondsman”) + 輩 (“group”).

Noun

노배 • (nobae) (hanja 奴輩)

  1. (archaic) a group of slaves
  2. (archaic) A derogatory word used to refer to a despised group of people.
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