가슴
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Korean
Etymology
First attested as Late Old Korean 軻 in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103. In the hangul script, first attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 가ᄉᆞᆷ〮 (Yale: kàsóm).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
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- Phonetic hangul:
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | gaseum |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gaseum |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kasŭm |
| Yale Romanization? | kasum |
- South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 가슴의 / 가슴에 / 가슴까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.
Noun
가슴 • (gaseum)
- chest, breast
- breasts, bust, bosom
- (informal) boobs, tits
- Synonym: 슴가 (seumga)
- heart, mind, core
- (anatomy) heart, lungs
- mind, feeling, emotion, heart
Derived terms
- 가슴고름집 (gaseumgoreumjip, “empyema, pyothorax”)
- 가슴골 (gaseumgol, “cleavage”)
- 가슴뼈 (gaseumppyeo, “sternum, breastbone”)
- 가슴앓이 (gaseumari, “heartburn, heartache”)
- 가슴주머니 (gaseumjumeoni, “breast pocket”)
- 반달가슴곰 (bandalgaseumgom, “Asiatic black bear”)
- 붉은가슴울새 (bulgeun'gaseumulsae, “Japanese robin”)
- 붉은가슴흰죽지 (bulgeun'gaseumhuinjukji, “Baer's pochard”)
- 새가슴 (saegaseum, “chicken breast”)
- 슴가 (seumga, “boobs, tits”) (informal)
- 오르가슴 (oreugaseum, “orgasm”)
- 젖가슴 (jeotgaseum, “breasts”)