pyeong
/pjɔŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A unit of area in Korea, used especially for floorspace, equivalent to 3.3058 m².
Example Sentences
- "According to a top-secret document of Japanese imperialism entitled “A Study of Communist Bandits in Manchuria,” peasants of the east district of Santaowan in Yenchi county, were given an average of 4,800 pyung(one pyung equals 3.305 square metres) per household."
- "Now we live in one of the new towns in a twenty-eight-pyeong apartment we bought on installment."
- "It was an eight-p'yong studio on the second floor below ground level of K group's headquarters, provided as part of their corporate sponsorship drive […]."
Etymology
From Korean 평(坪) (pyeong).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: 평(坪)
Inflected Forms
p'yong (alternative)
pyong (alternative)
pyung (alternative)