Korean slang profile
양동이비
yangdongibi
Rain pouring down like a bucket of water
A figurative expression for rain falling so heavily that it seems water is being poured from a bucket.
- Expanded form
- 양동이 + 비bucket + rain
- Other spellings
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- 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
창밖으로 쏟아지는 양동이비에 사람들이 발걸음을 멈췄다.
People stopped walking at the 양동이비 pouring down outside the window.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “양동이비”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It likens heavy rain to pouring out all the water in a bucket at once. 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 4주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026