반복

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 反復 (“repeatedly”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈpa̠(ː)nbo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [반(ː)복]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	banbok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	banbog
McCune–Reischauer?	panbok
Yale Romanization?	pānpok

Noun

반복 • (banbok) (hanja 反復)

1. repetition
   • 1926, Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN:

     우리가 반복적으로 행하는 것이 우리 자신이다. 그렇다면 탁월함은 행동이 아닌 습관인 것이다.

     Uri-ga banbokjeog-euro haenghaneun geos-i uri jasin-ida. Geureotamyeon tagwolham-eun haengdong-i anin seupgwan-in geos-ida.

     We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Derived terms

• 반복적 (反復的, banbokjeok, “repetitive”)
• 반복하다 (反復—, banbokhada, “to repeat”)
• 반복되다 (反復—, banbokdoeda, “to be repeated”)