밥

bap · TOPIK 1

cooked rice, meal

밥 — cooked rice, meal

🍚 Bap is the rice in bibimbap = mixed (bibim) + rice (bap)

You already know this word from the dish bibimbap, literally mixed rice. Koreans also use bap for a whole meal, since rice is the core of eating: the greeting bap meogeosseo? means have you eaten?

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