엄친아

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Etymology

Contraction of 엄마 친구 아들 (eomma chin'gu adeul, “mom's female friend's son”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eomchina
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eomchin'a
McCune–Reischauer?ŏmch'ina
Yale Romanization?emchin.a

Noun

엄친아 • (eomchina)

  1. (neologism) Academically successful (and possibly wealthy) male student who is the target of envy among people.
    • 2012: 싸이 아버지 회사 테마주, Dong-A Ilbo
      그가 엄친아로 착실하게 성장해 사업가가 됐다면 우리는 가수 싸이를 잃었을 것이다.
      geuga eomchinaro chaksilhage seongjanghae sa'eopgaga dwaetdamyeon urineun gasu ssaireul ireosseul geosida.
      As an eomchina, had Psy worked hard to become a successful businessman, the world would have never experienced his musical talent.
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