컵

keop · TOPIK 1

cup, mug

컵 — cup, mug

☕ 컵 keop = English cup, borrowed straight into Korean

A loanword from English cup. Korean has no short u as in cup, so it uses the vowel ㅓ (eo), and the final ㅂ is an unreleased p. Say cup with a slightly more open vowel and you already have 컵.

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