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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | chungchi |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | chungchi |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ch'ungch'i |
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| Yale Romanization? | chwungchi |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 蟲 (“worm”) + 齒 (“tooth”).
Noun
충치 • (chungchi) (hanja 蟲齒)
- dental cavity; dental caries; rotten teeth
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 蟲豸 (“insect”).
Noun
충치 • (chungchi) (hanja 蟲豸)
- (figurative, derogatory, obsolete) mean and worthless person
c. 1725, 이창중/李昌仲 [Yi Changjung], “천지일가곡/天地一家曲”, in 연연정창수록/然然亭唱酬錄:明命이 어듭기ᄂᆞᆫ 物欲에 病들엇ᄂᆡ / 이 病을 못 고치면 蟲豸들 멀노소랴- myeongmyeong-i eodeupgi-neun muryog-e byeongdeureonnae / i byeong-eul mot gochimyeon chyungchi-deul meollosorya
- It is not that bright mandate is dark, but rather one is diseased by material craving / If one does not cure this disease, would one much different from insects?