양반

Korean

Alternative forms

North Korean: 량반 (ryangban)

Etymology

From pronunciation of 兩班. Literally "both of two groups," 文班 (munban, civil vassal) and 武班 (muban, military vassal).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key)[ja̠ŋba̠n]
Phonetic Hangul[양반]

Revised Romanization^?	yangban
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	yangban
McCune–Reischauer^?	yangban
Yale Romanization^?	yangpan

Noun

양반 • (yangban) (hanja 兩班)

(historical) civil nobility and military nobility [10th-13th c.]
(historical) yangban class in Korea [from 14th c.]
appellation to call a man
husband

Usage notes

appellation

Be used with adjective: 점잖으신 양반 (decent guy), 바쁘신 양반 (busy man)
Be used with noun: 신사양반 (gentleman), 의사양반 (doctor)

Antonyms

historical class

상놈 (sangnom, “a vulgar man”)
쌍놈 (ssangnom, “a very vulgar man”)
천민 (cheonmin, “lowest class”)

spouse

안 사람 (an saram, “wife”)
집 사람 (jip saram, “wife”)

Derived terms

바깥양반 (bakkatyangban, “husband”)
우리집 양반 (urijip yangban, “my old man”)
양반다리 (yangbandari, “crossed-leg”)

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