갈비

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?galbi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?galbi
McCune–Reischauer?kalbi
Yale Romanization?kal.pi

Noun

갈비 • (galbi) (usually no hanja; sometimes 曷非)

  1. (anatomy) ribs
  2. kalbi, galbi
    1. a Korean barbecued rib dish
    2. a Korean meat and poultry cooking method, regardless of ribs
  3. (figurative, derogatory, dated) a skinny person, a living skeleton
    Synonym: 멸치 (myeolchi)