Korean slang profile
난테크
nantekeu
Growing and selling orchids for profit
Growing and selling orchids for economic gain.
- Expanded form
- 난 + technologyorchid + technology
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
난테크를 소개한 기사는 난을 재배하고 거래하는 사례를 다뤘다.
An article introducing 난테크 covered examples of orchid cultivation and trading.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “난테크”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It describes using orchid cultivation as a means of financial gain, combining 난 with 테크 taken from 재테크. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 9월 5주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026