보신탕

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 補身湯. Coined around 1984 to hide ingredient (the dogmeat) from its name, because the government of Seoul prohibited selling dogmeat at that time in order to make good image for foreigners who would visit the city due to 1986 Asian Games and 1988 Olympic Games.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key)[ˈpo̞ːɕʰintʰa̠ŋ]
Phonetic Hangul[보:신탕]

Revised Romanization^?	bosintang
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	bosintang
McCune–Reischauer^?	posint'ang
Yale Romanization^?	pōsinthang

Noun

보신탕 • (bosintang) (hanja 補身湯)

a stew made of dog

Synonym

개장국 (gaejangguk)

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