새가슴

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Korean

Etymology

새가슴이 있는 사람 (saegaseum-i inneun saram, “person with a pigeon chest”)

새 (sae, “bird”) +‎ 가슴 (gaseum, “chest”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?saegaseum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?saegaseum
McCune–Reischauer?saegasŭm
Yale Romanization?sāykasum

Noun

새가슴 • (saegaseum)

  1. timid person
  2. (baseball slang) choker; player who performs badly at important games
  3. pectus carinatum; pigeon chest
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