구렁
Korean
editEtymology
editOf native Korean origin. From Middle Korean 굴허ᇰ〮 (Yale: kwùlhéng, “pit; gully; alley”)
Pronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kuɾʌ̹ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [구렁]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | gureong |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | guleong |
McCune–Reischauer? | kurŏng |
Yale Romanization? | kwuleng |
Noun
edit구렁 • (gureong)
- hole, pit, hollow, cavity (depression in the ground)
- (figurative) abyss, nadir, depths
- 1939, 현진건/玄鎭健<t:Hyun Jin-geon>, 無影塔 [The Shadowless Pagoda], page 15:
- 아사달이 기쁨의 절정에 올랐다면 낙망의 구렁에 천길 만길 떨어지기는 묻지 않아도 팽개이리라.
- Asadar-i gippeum-ui jeoljeong-e ollat-damyeon nangmang-ui gureong-e cheon'gil man'gil tteoreojigi-neun mut-ji an-ado Paenggae-i-rira.
- Just when Asadal, [having taken Asanyeo as his wife], rose to great heights of joy, [the person who] abysmally fell to unfathomable depths of despair was, without question, Paenggae.
Derived terms
edit- 구렁텅 (gureongteong)
See also
edit- 壑 (hak), hanja with which the word is traditionally glossed