Korean slang profile
BDI 지수
bdi jisu
Dry-bulk shipping market index
An index reflecting the dry-bulk shipping market for cargo such as coal, iron ore, and grain.
- Expanded form
- Baltic Dry IndexBaltic Dry Index
- Other spellings
- 비디아이 지수
- Earliest source found
- 2010
- 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
해운 업황을 다룬 기사에서 BDI 지수의 움직임을 살펴봤다.
I examined BDI 지수 movements in an article about shipping conditions.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “BDI 지수” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection gives Baltic Dry Index as BDI’s expanded form and defines an index of the bulk-carrier market for raw materials and grain. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026