티브이

tibeui · TOPIK 1

TV, television

📺 티브이 = ti + beu + i, the English letters T-V spelled out in Hangul

A loanword from English TV. Korean has no V sound, so V becomes ㅂ (b) and the letter name vee stretches into 브이 (beu-i). Say tee-bee-ee fast and you hear TV. The same 브이 shows up in 브이로그, vlog.

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