pyeong

English

Alternative forms
  • p'yong, pyong, pyung

Etymology

Korean 평 (pyeong).

Noun

pyeong (plural pyeong)

  1. A unit of area in Korea, used especially for floorspace, equivalent to 3.3058 m².
    • 2006, Bruce Fulton, translating Chi-yŏng Kong, Human Decency, p. 85:
      Now we live in one of the new towns in a twenty-eight-pyeong apartment we bought on installment.
    • 2015, Deborah Smith, translating Han Kang, The Vegetarian, Granta 2018, p. 57:
      It was an eight-p'yong studio on the second floor below ground level of K group's headquarters, provided as part of their corporate sponsorship drive […] .
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