Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC paewH) + Native Korean (beom, “tiger”). Displaced indigenous 바독〮범〯 (Yale: pàtwókpĕm).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pyobeom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pyobeom
McCune–Reischauer?p'yobŏm
Yale Romanization?phyopem

Noun

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표범 (pyobeom)

  1. leopard (Panthera pardus); specifically the Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)

Derived terms

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