박수

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠ks͈u]
• Phonetic hangul: [박쑤]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	baksu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bagsu
McCune–Reischauer?	paksu
Yale Romanization?	pak.swu

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 拍手 (“applause”).

Noun

박수 • (baksu) (hanja 拍手)

1. clap; applause

   박수 치다 ― baksu chida ― to clap, to applaud (literally, “to beat an applause”)

   열렬한 박수를 보내주시길 바랍니다.

   Yeollyeolhan baksureul bonaejusigil baramnida.

   We ask that you give a warm round of applause.

Derived terms

• 박수갈채(拍手喝采) (baksugalchae, “wild applause”)

Etymology 2

박수 (baksu, “male priest, male shaman”)

Probably from Middle Chinese 博士 (MC pak dzriX), perhaps via an Inner Asian intermediary; compare Kazakh бақсы (baqsy, “shaman”), Uyghur باخشى (baxshi, “shaman”), Uzbek [Term?] (“shaman”). Doublet of 박사 (baksa, “doctor, Ph.D.”).

First attested in the Daemyeongnyul jikhae (대명률직해 / 大明律直解) [The Correct Translation of the Great Ming Code], 1395. In this adaptation of a Chinese legal text into Korean contexts, the term 博士 replaces various terms for Han Chinese folk religious practitioners which were referred to in the original Chinese text but did not exist in Korea.

Noun

박수 • (baksu)

1. male shaman; male priest of Korean shamanism, the indigenous religion of the country

   Synonym: 남무(男巫) (nammu)

   Hypernyms: 무속인(巫俗人) (musogin), 무당(巫堂) (mudang); see also Thesaurus:무속인

Anagrams

• 수박 (subak) ("watermelon")