바보

Of native Korean origin. The original etymology originated from the word "밥보 (bapbo)," which means eating a lot of rice(food), and the origin of the meaning fool comes from the fact that people with intellectual disabilities only eat. This word was born by removing the ㅂ 받침 from '밥+보'.

• IPA^(key)[ˈpa̠ːbo̞]
• Phonetic Hangul[바:보]

바보 • (babo)

1. fool, moron, idiot

• 밥벌레 (bapbeolle, “a word for people who don't work and eat a lot of food.”)
• 밥도둑 (bapdoduk)
• 밥버러지 (bapbeoreoji)
• 밥부대 (bapbudae)
• 밥보 (bapbo)
• 음식지인 (eumsikjiin)
• 멍청이 (meongcheong-i, “fool, moron”)
• 멍텅구리 (meongteongguri, “fool, moron”)

• 천재 (天才, cheonjae, “genius”)

• 모르다 (moreuda, “to be ignorant”)

• 벙어리 (beong-eori, “mute”)
• 버버리 (beobeori, “(dialectal) mute”)
• 백치 (白癡/白痴, baekchi, “a very low-intelligence condition with a brain disorder or illness.”)
• 천치 (天痴, cheonchi)