쌍친

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 雙親, from (both) + (intimate).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ssangchin
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ssangchin
McCune–Reischauer?ssangch'in
Yale Romanization?ssangchin

Noun

쌍친 (ssangchin) (hanja 雙親)

  1. (rare, literary) (both) parents
    • c. 1790, 樂學拾零 (Akhak Seumnyeong) [Tidbits of the Musical Sciences]:
      日中三足烏ㅣ야가지말고ᄂᆡ말드러 / 너희ᄂᆞᆫ反哺鳥ㅣ라鳥中之曾參이로다 / 北堂에鶴髮雙親을더듸늙게ᄒᆞ여라
      Iljung samjogo-ya gaji malgo nae mal deureo / Neohui-neun banpojo-ira jojungji Jeung Sam-iroda / Bukdang-e hakbal ssangchin-eul deodui neulkke hayeora
      Three-legged crow in the Sun, leave not and listen to me / You are the sire-nursing fowl, you are Zeng Shen among the birds / Make my parents in the north hall, with crane-hoary hair, age slowly yet.

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