Korean slang profile
차박
chabak
Sleeping in your car
Using a car as a place to sleep overnight.
- Expanded form
- 차에서 숙박하다Sleeping in your car
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Oct 21, 2018
- 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
이번 주말에 차박 가자.
Let's go sleep in the car on a trip this weekend.
- Quoted from a source
차박(車泊)은 ‘차에서 숙박하다’란 뜻을 가진 신조어입니다.[1]
차박(車泊) is a new word meaning ‘staying in a car’.
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
03Origin & word formation
Short for “차에서 숙박하다.” The 2018 source from Segye Ilbo explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 트렁크서 '차박'하며 힐링하는 현대인들 [김현주의 일상 톡톡] (세계일보)Published Oct 21, 2018Original source checked Nov 5, 2026
- '차박' 하거나 '캠프닉' 하거나…빅데이터로 본 캠핑 트렌드 (아주경제)Published Oct 15, 2019Original source checked Nov 5, 2026