Korean word

실평수

Pronunciation

Romanizationsilpyeongsu

Meaning

  • nounusable floor area

Example

이 아파트의 실평수가 궁금해요.i a pa teu ui sil pyeong su ga kung geum hae yo

I'm curious about the usable floor area of this apartment.

Illustration for 실평수 (usable floor area)

More examples

겉보기와 달리 실평수가 생각보다 작았어요.keot ppo gi wa tal li sil pyeong su ga saeng gak ppo da cha ga sseo yo

Despite how it looked, the usable floor area was smaller than I expected.

Core concept

The indoor space available for everyday use after wall thickness and shared building areas are excluded, measured in pyeong.

Common phrases

  • 실평수 확인sil pyeong su hwa gin

    usable floor area check

  • 실평수가 적다sil pyeong su ga cheok tta

    small usable floor area

Similar words

전용면적cheonyongmyeonjeok: The floor space inside a home that one household can use exclusively, without common areas.
공급면적konggeummyeonjeok: The full area allocated to a home, including the household's portion of common facilities.
평수pyeongsu: An area measurement stated in the traditional pyeong unit.
면적myeonjeok: The amount of two-dimensional space occupied by a place or object.

Definition in Korean

실평수는 벽 두께와 공용 공간을 제외한, 실제로 쓸 수 있는 실내 면적을 평으로 환산한 값sil pyeong su neun pyeok tu kke wa kong yong kong ga neul che oe han sil je ro sseul ssu in neun sil lae myeon jeo geul pyeong eu ro hwan san han kap

Word origin

The name combines sil, meaning actual, and pyeongsu, the term for area counted in pyeong, a traditional unit whose name comes from a Chinese character.

Usage tips

  • In housing conversations, this word helps distinguish the space residents can use from the larger figures sometimes quoted in property listings.

Opposites

Related words

  • 평수pyeongsufloor area in pyeongnoun
  • 실측silcheukactual measurementnoun

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