Bang (Korean)
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Bang is a romanization of the Korean word 방, meaning 'room'. In a traditional Korean house a sarangbang (Hangeul: 사랑방; Hanja: 舍廊房) is the man's study or drawing room, for example.
In modern Korea (especially in the South), the concept of a bang has expanded and diversified from being merely a walled segment in a domestic space, to including buildings or enterprises in commercial, urban, space, such as a PC bang (an internet café), a noraebang (a karaoke room), sojubang (a soju room, i.e. a pub), and a jjimjilbang (elaborate Korean public bathhouse). This can be compared with the similar expansion of the concept of a 'house' to include upper houses, opera houses, coffee houses, and publishing houses.
| Bang (Korean) | |
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| Hangul: | |
| Hanja: | |
| Revised Romanization: | bang |
| McCune-Reischauer: | pang or bang[1] |
Phonetically more tensed word ppang(빵) is used as an abbreviation of a noun gambang[2] (Hangul: 감방; Hanja: 監房; McCune-Reischauer: kambang), meaning 'jail'.
[edit] Notes
- ^ The former is transcribed when the consonant ㅂ is voiceless phonetically, and the latter is transcibed when it is voiced.
- ^ Generally it is pronounced as kkamppang (Hangeul: 깜빵).
[edit] References
- City of the Bang. Ninth Architecture Biennial of Venice 2004. Retrieved on June 16, 2005.
- "Bang" Culture. Just a Hakwon. Retrieved on June 16, 2005.
- Roman and Daniela Jost. Sarangbang (Sarang-bang, Sarang Chae, Anchae) Korean Men's and women's quarters. Traditional Korean and Japanese furniture. Retrieved on June 16, 2005.
- Korean Housing. Retrieved on June 16, 2005.
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