백문불여일견

Korean

Alternative forms

• 백문이 불여일견 (baengmuni buryeoilgyeon)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 百聞不如一見 (“hearing a hundred times is no better than seeing once”), from the ancient Chinese history Book of Han.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pɛŋmun puɾjʌ̹ iɭɡjʌ̹n] ~ [pe̞ŋmun puɾjʌ̹ iɭɡjʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [뱅문 부려 일견/벵문 부려 일견]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	baengmun buryeo ilgyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	baegmun bul'yeo ilgyeon
McCune–Reischauer?	paengmun puryŏ ilgyŏn
Yale Romanization?	paykmun pul.ye il.kyen

Noun

백문불여일견 • (baengmunburyeoilgyeon) (hanja 百聞不如一見)

1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) seeing is believing