초원

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 草原 (“grassland”).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰo̞wʌ̹n]
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    • Phonetic hangul: [초원]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?chowon
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?chowon
    McCune–Reischauer?ch'owŏn
    Yale Romanization?chowen

    Noun

    초원 • (chowon) (hanja 草原)

    1. grassland; grassy plain
      광할한 초원이 우리 앞에 펼쳐졌다.
      Gwanghalhan chowon-i uri ap-e pyeolcheojeotda.
      A vast grassland stretched before us.
      • 1812, “Song 330”, in 청구영언 장서각본/靑丘永言藏書閣本 [Jangseogak edition of the Cheonggu yeong'eon]:
        울며 ᄌᆞᆸ은 ᄉᆞᄆᆡ ᄯᅥᆯ치고 가지 마소 / 草(초)原(원) 長(쟝)程(졍)에 ᄒᆡ 다 져무럿ᄂᆡ / 客(ᄀᆡᆨ)窓(창)에 殘(잔)燈(등) 도도고 새와 보면 알리라
        ulmyeo jabeun samae tteolchigo gaji maso / chowon jyangjyeong-e hae da jyeomureonnae / gaekchang-e jandeung dodogo saewa bomyeon allira
        Do not shake [me] off the sleeves that I have grabbed onto, weeping, and leave! The sun has all but set on the long path on the grassy field; when you stay up the night, raising a dying lamp before the window of some inn, you will know [and regret].
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