점심

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 點心 (“snack”). First attested in the 順天金氏墓出土簡札/순천김씨 묘 출토 간찰 ("Letters excavated from the grave of Lady Suncheon Kim"), c. 1585, as Middle Korean 뎜심 (Yale: tyemsim).

Doublet of 딤섬 (dimseom), and cognate with Jeju 징심 (jingsim).

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?jeomsim
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeomsim
McCune–Reischauer?chŏmsim
Yale Romanization?cēmsim

Noun

점심 • (jeomsim) (hanja 點心)

  1. lunch, luncheon
    점심을 먹다 ― jeomsim-eul meokda ― to have/eat lunch
    아빠는 점심에 고기 먹는 거 싫어해.
    Appa-neun jeomsim-e gogi meongneun geo sireo-hae.
    Dad doesn't like having meat for lunch.
  2. midday

Alternative forms

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  • (Chungcheon, Gyeonggi, Hamgyeong) 겸심 (gyeomsim)
  • (Chungcheong, Hamgyeong, Jillin) 경심 (gyeongsim)
  • (Pyeongan, Liaoning) 던심 (deonsim)
  • (Pyeongan) 덤심 (deomsim)
  • (North Pyeongan) 덩심 (deongsim)
  • (North Hamgyeong) 뎀심 (demsim)
  • (South Gyeongsang) 저섬 (jeoseom)
  • (North Gyeongsang) 저염 (jeoyeom)
  • (Gyeongsang, Heilongjiang) 전슴 (jeonseum)
  • (South Chungcheong) 점선 (jeomseon)
  • (South Gyeongsang, Heilongjiang) 점섬 (jeomseom)
  • (Gangwon, North Gyeongsang) 점숨 (jeomsum)
  • (Gyeongsang, Heilongjiang) 점쉼 (jeomswim)
  • (Gangwon, Gyeonggi) 점슴 (jeomseum)
  • (Gyeonggi) 점신 (jeomsin)
  • (South Gyeongsang, Hamgyeong, Heilongjiang, Jillin) 정슴 (jeongseum)
  • (Gangwon) 정승 (jeongseung)
  • (Gangwon, South Gyeongsang, Hamgyeong, South Jeolla) 정심 (jeongsim)
  • (North Hamgyeong, Jillin) 졈심 (jeomsim)
  • (South Chungcheong) 즘슨 (jeumseun)
  • (Gangwon) 즘슴 (jeumseum)
  • (North Chungcheong) 즘신 (jeumsin)
  • (North Chungcheong, Gangwon, Gyeonggi) 즘심 (jeumsim)
  • (North Chungcheon, Gangwon) 증심 (jeungsim)
  • (South Gyeongsang) 진섬 (jinseom)
  • (South Gyeongsang) 짐섬 (jimseom)
  • (South Chungcheong) 짐슴 (jimseum)
  • (Gyeonggi) 짐심 (jimsim)

Synonyms

  • 중식 (jungsik) (dated, formal, literary)
  • 런치 (reonchi) (phonetic loan, informal)

References

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