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
Alternative forms
- (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
References
- Dialectal Dictionary, Wordrow.com 우리말샘 Urimalsaem Publishing, Accessed 14 September 2023