How do you pronounce 배?

배 is romanized bae and read exactly as written.

배

배 — bae

배 is ㅂ plus ㅐ, romanized bae and read exactly as written. You can hear it below, recorded by a native Korean speaker.

Frequency: common — it appears at or above the median frequency in the teaching material behind this site. The boundary is the median of the cells that appear at all, which works out at 21 occurrences.

How this block is put together

ㅂ + ㅐ — the vowel stands to the right of the consonant.

The two letters

ㅂ (bieup)

/p/, [b] between voiced sounds

between the b in boy and the p in spin

ㅐ

/ɛ/

the e in bed — more open than ㅔ

Words containing 배

배
pear
배추
cabbage

도배wallpapering
보배treasure
배워요learn
배고파요hungry

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㅂ)

Same vowel (ㅐ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 배?: 배 is romanized bae and read exactly as written.