천금

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 千金, from 千 (“thousand”) + 金 (“gold”), literally "a thousand pieces of gold".

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?cheon'geum
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheongeum
    McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏn'gŭm
    Yale Romanization?chenkum

    Noun

    천금 • (cheon'geum) (hanja 千金)

    1. a lot of money; fortune
    2. (figurative) pricelessness
      천금같다
      cheon'geumgatda
      to be priceless (adjective)
      천금같이
      cheon'geumgachi
      invaluably (adverb)
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