애수

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 哀愁.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɛsʰu] ~ [e̞sʰu]
• Phonetic hangul: [애수/에수]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	aesu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	aesu
McCune–Reischauer?	aesu
Yale Romanization?	ayswu

Noun

애수 • (aesu) (hanja 哀愁)

1. (literary) pathos, melancholy

   비행기 창밖을 내다보니 사람은 점이 되었고 점은 마침내 사라졌다. 하늘로 더 높이 솟을수록 더 깊은 애수에 잠겼다.

   bihaenggi changbakk-eul naedaboni saram-eun jeom-i doeeotgo jeom-eun machimnae sarajeotda. haneul-lo deo nopi soseulsurok deo gipeun aesu-e jamgyeotda.

   As I looked outside the airplane window, the people became dots, and the dots vanished in turn. The higher I rose into the skies, the greater the melancholy I was drowning in.