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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 凄切 (“bitter, sorrowful”).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | cheojeol |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | cheojeol |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ch'ŏjŏl |
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| Yale Romanization? | checel |
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Noun
처절 • (cheojeol) (hanja 凄切)
- being very pitiable and sad
Usage notes
- Although occasionally used as a noun in isolation, 처절 (cheojeol) is generally encountered as the non-verbal element of the light verb construction 처절하다 (cheojeol-hada). When conveying the noun meaning, the more common form is the verbal noun 처절함 (cheojeol-ham).
Derived terms
See also
- 처연(凄然) (cheoyeon, “pitiable and desolate”)
- 처참(悽慘) (cheocham, “atrocious; hard to bear to see”)