백두

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 白頭.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pɛk̚t͈u] ~ [pe̞k̚t͈u]
Phonetic hangul: [백뚜/벡뚜]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	Baekdu
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	Baegdu
McCune–Reischauer^?	Paektu
Yale Romanization^?	payktwu

Proper noun

백두 • (Baekdu) (hanja 白頭)

Short for 백두산(白頭山) (Baekdusan, “Paektu Mountain (on the China-North Korea border)”).
백두혈통 ― baekduhyeoltong ― the Paektu bloodline

백두령장 ― baekduryeongjang ― Paektu general
- 1961, 집체(集體) (jipche, “collective work”) (lyrics), “세상에 부럼없어라 (Sesang'e bureomeopseora) [We have nothing to envy in this world]”:
  백두의 넋 을 이어 빛나는 내 조국 두렴 몰라라.
  baekdu-ui neoks-eul ieo binnaneun nae joguk duryeom mollara.
  My glorious fatherland, inheriting the Paektu spirit, fears nothing.

Descendants

→ English: Paektu

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