벽안

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 碧眼, from 碧 (“green, blue”) + 眼 (“eye”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?byeogan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?byeog'an
McCune–Reischauer?pyŏgan
Yale Romanization?pyek.an

Noun

벽안 • (byeogan) (hanja 碧眼)

  1. blue eyes, green eyes
    벽안의 소녀 ― byeogan-ui sonyeo ― a blue-eyed girl
  2. (metonymic) Westerners, Caucasian people

Derived terms

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