Korean slang profile
비아르티
biareuti
Bus rapid transit
An English abbreviation for express public transport using dedicated bus lanes along main roads.
- Expanded form
- Bus Rapid TransitBus Rapid Transit
- Other spellings
- BRT
- Earliest source found
- 2004
- 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
비아르티 전용 차로와 정류장 위치를 지도에서 확인했다.
I checked the 비아르티 lanes and stops on the map.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “비아르티” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection explains BRT, its expanded English initials, and the trunk express-bus system together. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026