Korean slang profile
반택
bantaek
Short for 반값택배, a parcel service in which an item is dropped off at a convenience store and collected at the convenience store designated by the recipient.
Short for 반값택배, a parcel service in which an item is dropped off at a convenience store and collected at the convenience store designated by the recipient.
- Expanded form
- 반값택배half-price parcel delivery
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Mar 12, 2024
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
중고 책은 반택으로 보내고 도착할 편의점을 알려줬어.
I sent the secondhand book by 반택 and told them which convenience store it would arrive at.
02Documented history
- March 2024세계비즈 introduced the meaning and usage of this expression.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A shortened name for ‘반값택배’ (half-price parcel delivery). A 2024 source from 세계비즈 explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The abbreviation’s explanation and usage were checked directly, but who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- GS25 ‘반택’, CU ‘알뜰택배’…초저가로 잘파세대 공략 (세계비즈)Published Mar 12, 2024Original source checked Nov 13, 2026