참대

Korean

Etymology

(cham) +‎ (dae), possibly related to Japanese ()(だけ) (madake).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰa̠mdɛ] ~ [t͡ɕʰa̠mde̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chamdae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chamdae
McCune–Reischauer?ch'amdae
Yale Romanization?chamtay

Noun

참대 • (chamdae)

  1. timber bamboo, madake (Phyllostachys reticulata)
  2. (North Korea, by extension) bamboo
    • 1992, “어머니 우리 당이 바란다면 [eomeoni uri dang'i barandamyeon, If Our Mother Party Wishes]”, Jo Ryong-chul (조령출) (lyrics), Kim Mun-Hyok (김문혁) (music):
      어머니 우리 참대같이 라면
      나는 마음 푸른 참대 리라
      모진 바람 불어 굽힘없이
      Eomeoni uri dan-g'i chamdae-gachi sal-lamyeon
      Naneun-ya hanma'eum pureun chamdae doe-rira
      Mojin baram bureowa-do hansaen-g'eul guphimeopsi
      Better live like a bamboo—should our mother Party say so,
      Wholeheartedly will I live like a verdant bamboo,
      unbending throughout my life however heavily the wind blows.
    • 2015, “죽어도 혁명신념 버리지 말자 [jugeodo hyeongmyeongsinnyeom beoriji malja, We Would Rather Die Than Abandon Our Revolutionary Beliefs]”, Ri Ji-song (리지성) (lyrics), U Jong-hui (우정희) (music):
      죽어 혁명신념 버리 말자
      열백번 곧음 않은
      참대 참대처럼
      Jugeo-do hyeongmyeongsinnyeom beori-ji malja
      Yeolbaekbeon bur-e ta-do godeum-eul il-chi aneun
      Chamdae chamdae-cheoreom
      We would rather die than give up our revolutionary beliefs.
      Being burnt a thousand times, the uprightness shall never lose,
      Like bamboo, just like bamboo.

Synonyms

(Phyllostachys reticulata):

  • 왕대 (, wangdae)
  • 왕죽 (王竹, wangjuk)
  • 고죽 (苦竹, gojuk)

(bamboo):

Derived terms