파문

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 破門 (“excommunication”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpʰa̠(ː)mun]
  • Phonetic hangul: [파(ː)문]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pamun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pamun
McCune–Reischauer?p'amun
Yale Romanization?phāmun

Noun

파문 • (pamun) (hanja 破門)

  1. excommunication
Derived terms
  • 파문(破門)되다 (pamundoeda, “to be excommunicated”)
  • 파문(破門)하다 (pamunhada, “to excommunicate”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 波紋 (“ripple”).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pamun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pamun
McCune–Reischauer?p'amun
Yale Romanization?phamun

Noun

파문 • (pamun) (hanja 波紋)

  1. (literary) ripple; stir; undulation
    Synonym: 물결 (mulgyeol)
    수면에 파문이 일렁였다.
    Sumyeon-e pamun-i illeong'yeotda.
    Ripples moved to-and-fro on the surface of the water.
  2. stir (usually negative)
    이로 인해 사회에 큰 파문이 일었다.
    I-ro inhae sahoe-e keun pamun-i ireotda.
    It caused a great stir in society.
  3. ramification (usually negative)
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