폭탄

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 爆彈

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰo̞k̚tʰa̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [폭탄]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	poktan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	pogtan
McCune–Reischauer?	p'okt'an
Yale Romanization?	phokthan

Noun

폭탄 • (poktan) (hanja 爆彈)

1. bomb (device filled with explosives)
2. (figurative) shocking thing, shock, disappointment

Derived terms

• 수소폭탄 (水素爆彈, susopoktan, “hydrogen bomb”)
• 원자폭탄 (原子爆彈 , wonjapoktan, “atomic bomb”)
• 폭탄주 (爆彈酒, poktanju, “bomb shot”)
• 핵폭탄 (核爆彈, haekpoktan, “nuclear bomb”)