"이봐요" meaning in Korean

See 이봐요 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [ibwa̠jo] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: ibwayo [romanization]
Etymology: * 이봐 (ibwa) — impolite From 이거 봐요 (igeo bwayo, literally “look at this”). Etymology templates: {{alt|ko|이봐||impolite}} 이봐 (ibwa) — impolite Head templates: {{ko-pos|interjection}} 이봐요 • (ibwayo)
  1. hi, hey, hello Related terms: 여보세요 (yeoboseyo), 안녕 (annyeong) (alt: 安寧), (english: ya)
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        "1": "ko",
        "2": "이봐",
        "3": "",
        "4": "impolite"
      },
      "expansion": "이봐 (ibwa) — impolite",
      "name": "alt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "* 이봐 (ibwa) — impolite\nFrom 이거 봐요 (igeo bwayo, literally “look at this”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ibwayo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "이봐요 • (ibwayo)",
      "name": "ko-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hi, hey, hello"
      ],
      "id": "en-이봐요-ko-intj-~mQpRF9v",
      "links": [
        [
          "hi",
          "hi"
        ],
        [
          "hey",
          "hey"
        ],
        [
          "hello",
          "hello"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "yeoboseyo",
          "word": "여보세요"
        },
        {
          "alt": "安寧",
          "roman": "annyeong",
          "word": "안녕"
        },
        {
          "english": "ya",
          "word": "야"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ibwa̠jo]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "이봐요"
    },
    {
      "other": "[이봐요]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "이봐요"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "이봐",
        "3": "",
        "4": "impolite"
      },
      "expansion": "이봐 (ibwa) — impolite",
      "name": "alt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "* 이봐 (ibwa) — impolite\nFrom 이거 봐요 (igeo bwayo, literally “look at this”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ibwayo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "이봐요 • (ibwayo)",
      "name": "ko-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "intj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "yeoboseyo",
      "word": "여보세요"
    },
    {
      "alt": "安寧",
      "roman": "annyeong",
      "word": "안녕"
    },
    {
      "english": "ya",
      "word": "야"
    }
  ],
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        "Korean interjections",
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        "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hi, hey, hello"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hi",
          "hi"
        ],
        [
          "hey",
          "hey"
        ],
        [
          "hello",
          "hello"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ibwa̠jo]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "이봐요"
    },
    {
      "other": "[이봐요]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "이봐요"
}

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